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Sins of Our Fathers

di Shawn Lawrence Otto

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From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog comes a fierce, elegant, page-turner about race, money, and the American Dream. JW is a small-town banker; his specialty, teaching other bankers in towns near Indian reservations how to profit from casino deposits without exposing themselves to risk; his problem, he lost his son in a car accident a year ago, he's depressed, his wife is leaving him, and he can't stop gambling. When he is caught embezzling funds to support his addiction, JW's boss offers him a choice: he can either accept responsibility and go to prison or use his talents to sabotage a competing Native American banker named Johnny Eagle. With the clock ticking, JW moves into a trailer on the reservation within sight of his prey. But as he befriends Eagle and his son, JW finds that his plan to reclaim his freedom will be more dangerous than he ever could have imagined.… (altro)
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Book Review & Giveaway: Did you see the Oscar nominated House of Sand and Fog when it came to movie theaters? Shawn Lawrence Otto was its award-winning screenwriter. He’s also an award-winning non-fiction author who’s just written a debut thriller, Sins of Our Fathers. It deals with the uneasy relationship between Native American reservations and the communities around them, a predatory banking industry, and one man’s rapid descent into a hell of his own making. It’s a complex story that may find Mr. Otto racking up even more awards before all is said and done. This is our first review for a non-profit publishing house that specializes in transformative literature, and Sins of Our Fathers certainly qualifies for that moniker. We’re excited to be hosting a giveaway for a copy that someone will win at http://popcornreads.com/?p=8019 ( )
  PopcornReads | Jan 6, 2015 |
The descriptive passages--of landscapes, buildings, and skies--and general pacing of the story are quite well done. The characters, however--the greedy win-at-all-cost banker, the not-quite-whole Ojibwa businessman, his rebellious son, a heavy drinking Ojibwa woman, and the gambling-addicted embezzling banker trying to save a failed career and marriage--are too stereotyped, too thinly drawn, with insufficient depth of motivation, to be human. The outcome is too predictable, almost cliched. In many ways, the novel reads like a story for a movie, which it could readily become. The novel bears the formative hallmarks of a competent writer, who, when he finds the right story, could see widespread success in fiction to match his success in non-fiction. ( )
  kewing | Jan 5, 2015 |
Sins of Our Fathers by Shawn Lawrence Otto is a story of greed and business. Set on and around the Native American reservations in Minnesota, it is also a story about the racial divide, prejudice, and discrimination. It is the story of one man seeking to reclaim his life and his decision between doing the right thing or the expedient thing. Shawn Lawrence Otto's writing is beautifully visual.

Read my complete review at: http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2014/12/sins-of-our-fathers.html

Reviewed based on a copy received through a publisher’s giveaway ( )
  njmom3 | Dec 17, 2014 |
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From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog comes a fierce, elegant, page-turner about race, money, and the American Dream. JW is a small-town banker; his specialty, teaching other bankers in towns near Indian reservations how to profit from casino deposits without exposing themselves to risk; his problem, he lost his son in a car accident a year ago, he's depressed, his wife is leaving him, and he can't stop gambling. When he is caught embezzling funds to support his addiction, JW's boss offers him a choice: he can either accept responsibility and go to prison or use his talents to sabotage a competing Native American banker named Johnny Eagle. With the clock ticking, JW moves into a trailer on the reservation within sight of his prey. But as he befriends Eagle and his son, JW finds that his plan to reclaim his freedom will be more dangerous than he ever could have imagined.

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