Seldom Disappointed
2001 book by Tony Hillerman
9780062302106
Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir is the 2001 autobiography of author Tony Hillerman. The title reflects the attitude that he learned as a child living on a farm in Oklahoma; if one learns not to have unrealistic expectations, one will often be pleasantly surprised and seldom disappointed.
Reception
The work was well received, with the New York Times Book Review stating that Hillerman "is an expert at knowing what to leave out, and at making what he leaves in cut to the bone without seeming overwrought", and further that the prose is "laced with humor and worldly wisdom"; stating that "Seldom Disappointed is a splendid and disarming remembrance of things past".[1] It was also well reviewed by David Langness, for Paste magazine, who called the book "touching", "modest" and "powerful", and stated that "Seldom Disappointed unfolds with the quiet country cadences of the storytellers that consistently suffuse Hillerman's prose" and praising its "hilarious, perverse black humor".[2]
Awards
- 2001 Agatha Award, best non-fiction work
- 2002 Anthony Award, best non-fiction / critical work[3]
- 2002 Macavity Award nomination, best biographical / critical mystery work[4]
References
- ^ Foote, Timothy (October 28, 2001). "Where Leaphorn Leapt From". New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ Langness, David (February 6, 2012). "Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman :: Books :: Reviews :: Paste". Paste Magazine. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards and History". Bouchercon.info. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ "Mystery Readers International's Macavity Awards". Mysteryreaders.org. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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Works by Tony Hillerman
Navajo Tribal Police novels
- The Blessing Way
- Dance Hall of the Dead
- Listening Woman
- People of Darkness
- The Dark Wind
- The Ghostway
- Skinwalkers
- A Thief of Time
- Talking God
- Coyote Waits
- Sacred Clowns
- The Fallen Man
- The First Eagle
- Hunting Badger
- The Wailing Wind
- The Sinister Pig
- Skeleton Man
- The Shape Shifter
- The Fly on the Wall (1971)
- Finding Moon
- The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (for children) (1972)
- Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band (for children) (1973)
- Seldom Disappointed
- The Great Taos Bank Robbery
- The Spell of New Mexico
- Indian Country
- Talking Mysteries (with Ernie Bulow)
- The Tony Hillerman Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to His Life and Work
- Canyon De Chelly
- Kilroy Was There: A Gi's War in Photographs
- Hillerman Country
- Indian Country: America's Sacred Land with Bela Kalman
- Rio Grande with Robert Reynolds
- New Mexico with David Muench
- The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991)
- The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996)
- Best American Mysteries of the Century (2000)
- New Omnibus of Crime (2005)
- The Mysterious West
- The Dark Wind
- Skinwalkers
- Coyote Waits (2003)
- A Thief of Time (2004)
- Dark Winds (2022 TV Series)
