{"title":"John Enright","description":"John Enright was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1945. He earned a bachelor's degree from City College of New York while working full-time at Fortune, Time, and Newsweek magazines. He later received a master's degree in folklore at UC Berkeley, before starting a career in publishing. In 1981, Enright left the United States to teach at the American Samoa Community College. He spent the next twenty-six years working for environmental, cultural, and historical resource preservation on the islands in the South Pacific. Over the past five decades, his essays, articles, short stories, and poems have appeared in more than ninety books, anthologies, journals, periodicals, and online magazines. His collection of poems 14 Degrees South won the University of the South Pacific Press's inaugural International Literature Competition. Enright currently lives in Owensboro, Kentucky, with his wife Connie Payne.","products":[{"product_id":"the-dead-dont-dance-paperback","title":"The Dead Don't Dance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunted island brings American Samoan culture to life--and interlopers to their deaths--in this mystery\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003efrom the author of \u003ci\u003eFire Knife Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the devastating loss of a loved one, Det. Sgt. Apelu Soifua retreats to the island of Ofu. The isolation of his father's land--and drinking--bring a temporary peace to his shattered soul. His only friends are two national park workers and the local outcast who has lived in the bush for nearly twenty years--and who has to scared some \u003ci\u003epalangi\u003c\/i\u003e (Caucasian) surveyors away. But not for long . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Attempting to heal at least part of his family--and himself--Apelu brings his oldest son, Sanele, to live with him. But their reunion is marred by the news that a company intends to build a resort hotel on the pristine To'aga beach. The locals know the island spirits have driven people away before--and they will again. When one of the developers is decapitated and his head goes missing, Apelu has a feeling that something has been awakened. And either human or supernatural, it won't stop until it gets what it wants . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A skillful, suspenseful novel.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The author's lyrical and factual evocation of Samoa enriches every part of the book it touches. Story, writing style, character, and culture all combine in John Enright's Jungle Beat mysteries to form a series that I just can't recommend highly enough.\" --\u003ci\u003eKittling: Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104770298079,"sku":"9781504078993","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qymIsTeikS9781504078993.webp?v=1781111281"},{"product_id":"fire-knife-dancing-paperback","title":"Fire Knife Dancing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDet. Apelu Soifua risks losing his career--and his life--in a case that exposes the dark heart of American Samoa, from the author of \u003ci\u003ePago Pago Tango\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Long before he was a cop, Apelu Soifua performed as a fire knife dancer during his teen years in San Francisco. The Polynesian dance troupe was headed by Ezra Strand and his wife, who now live in a secluded house on the cliffs between the ocean and the jungle in Piapiatele. The elderly Ezra has once again been caught discharging a firearm, and Apelu must confiscate the weapon. He never expects Ezra to turn the shotgun on him . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After uncovering what appears to be a smuggling operation in Ezra's house, Apelu heads to Western Samoa to investigate. He returns home with a list of women who immigrated to the American territory--and were never heard from again. When fingers start to point at Apelu and he becomes the main suspect in the murder of a prostitute, he turns to Ezra's beautiful and mysterious neighbor for help. With Apelu branded a fugitive, they begin their own search for the truth, which unveils the evil and greed hidden behind the public masks of those in high places . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Enright does a superb job of showing the fine line that Apelu must walk between the two very different cultures of American Samoa and the United States.\" --\u003ci\u003eKittling: Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104770887903,"sku":"9781504079006","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ywnJU6_cMz9781504079006.webp?v=1781111282"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/john-enright.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}