Â This author of "The Senator's Son" and "Breaking and Entering" wrote about two men who question whether basketball hopefuls like Julius Windmaker will make it all the way while observing that a broken (*) traffic light still hasn't been fixed.
In one story by this author, the title character beats up his former best friend in a gay bashing, leading him to rethink his worldviews and his father's political campaign. Â In another story by this writer, a film editor named George Wilson kills an African-American youth who broke into his house, causing him to be labeled as a racist. Â This author of "The Senator's Son" and "Breaking and Entering" wrote about two men who question whether basketball hopefuls like Julius Windmaker will make it all the way while observing that a broken (*) traffic light still hasn't been fixed. Â He created the characters of Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-Fire. Â For 10 points, name this Native American author who adapted the movie Smoke Signals from his collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven.
In one story by this author, the title character beats up his former best friend in a gay bashing, leading him to rethink his worldviews and his father's political campaign.
Sherman Alexie