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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Louise Erdrich's The Night Watchman. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Congressional Testimony Much of the dialogue from the congressional hearing in the novel is based on the actual record of that hearing, and everything that Senator Watkins says in the hearing scene is a direct quote from the congressional record.
Pulitzer Prize The Night Watchman won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 2021. Erdrich’s novel The Plague of Doves was previously nominated for the prize in 2012.