The Round House is author Louise Erdrich's fourteenth novel, published in 2012. Many critics consider it a thematic sequel to her 2008 novel, The Plague of the Doves, as they both focus on concepts of justice and revenge in the Native American sphere. Erdich continued to explore these themes in her 2016 novel, LaRose. These three novels have been collectively termed the "Justice Trilogy." The events in The Round House take place in 1988 and are told in flashback by narrator and protagonist Joe Coutts.
Like many of Erdich's other novels, The Round House centers on a North Dakota Ojibwe community. Joe's mother is brutally attacked and sexually assaulted near a sacred round house, and Joe...
