Ghost Dancing

by James Magnuson

Searching for his son who had disappeared into the radical underground of the sixties, director Jeremiah Gage scours the margins of society in the American southwest twenty years later

Genres: Mystery

272 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1989

About the author

James Magnuson is the author of eight previous novels and the recipient of multiple fellowships and awards for fiction. He currently directs the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. He lives in Austin.

Reviews

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Something that really interests me about writers who write about the Southwest is the way the landscape seems to be inextricable from the narrative--it's as if it's impossible for place not to become a character. Such was the case in this book--it was propelled not just by its human characters, but by its environment. I felt like I was taking some sort of dream trip through New Mexico, and it lent a haunted aspect to the story that maybe wouldn't have existed otherwise.