Seldom Disappointed
First edition
AuthorTony Hillerman
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
2001
Media typePrint (hardcover)
ISBN9780062302106

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

References

  1. ^ Foote, Timothy (October 28, 2001). "Where Leaphorn Leapt From". New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  2. ^ Langness, David (February 6, 2012). "Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman :: Books :: Reviews :: Paste". Paste Magazine. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards and History". Bouchercon.info. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  4. ^ "Mystery Readers International's Macavity Awards". Mysteryreaders.org. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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