James a mixedblood Navajo in his twenties... begins his lifetransformingodyssey getting used to ranchlife getting into alcoholdrug trouble andserving jailtime w... » 

James a mixedblood Navajo in his twenties... begins his lifetransformingodyssey getting used to ranchlife getting into alcoholdrug trouble andserving jailtime working as a tourguide at Hubbell Trading Post gettinginvolved with heavy metal rez band Putrefaction in which he plays guitar. ANavajo story a good one Yes read it. Simon J. Ortiz Acoma Pueblo nativeauthor of Out There Somewhere and from Sand Creek ... a brutal beauty fillsthe pages of Warren Perkinss novel Putrefaction Live. With the goregrind ofheavy metal as background music Perkins foregrounds the contemporary world ofDine with the authority of an insider. This is a novel about disintegration andrejuvenation among a new generation of Navajo warriors seasoned by a century ofculture wars on their homeland. Bold honest and refreshingly original thisis an important book as enlightening as it is captivating. Ann MarieCummins author of Yellowcake and Red Ant House Stories «