Flight

"Flight" follows this troubled foster teenager - a boy who is not a 'legal' Indian because he was never claimed by his father - as he learns that violence is not the answer. The journey for "Flight"'s young hero begins as he's about to commit a massive act of violence. At the moment of the decision, he finds himself shot back through time to resurface in the body of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, where he sees why 'Hell is Red River, Idaho, in the 1970s'.Red River is only the first stop in an eye-opening trip through moments in American history. He will continue travelling back to inhabit the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Bighorn and then ride with an Indian tracker in the nineteenth century before materialising as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today. During these travels through time, his refrain grows: 'Who's to judge'. This novel seeks nothing less than an understanding of why human beings hate. "Flight" is irrepressible and fearless placing Sherman Alexie at his most brilliant.

ISBN 1846551528   Pages 192 ISBN13 9781846551529 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 218 Publisher Vintage   Published in London Imprint Harvill Secker   Height (mm) 215 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 136 Publication date 03 Jan 2008   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 813.54   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

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