The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

When it was first published in 1993, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven established Sherman Alexie as a stunning new talent of American letters. The basis for the award-winning movie Smoke Signals, it remains one of his most beloved and widely praised books. In this darkly comic collection, Alexie brilliantly weaves memory, fantasy, and stark realism to paint a complex, grimly ironic portrait of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. These twenty-two interlinked tales are narrated by characters raised on humiliation and government-issue cheese, and yet are filled with passion and affection, myth and dream. Against a backdrop of alcohol, car accidents, laughter, and basketball, Alexie depicts the distances between Indians and whites, reservation Indians and urban Indians, men and women, and, most poetically, modern Indians and the traditions of the past. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-03-2009; I loved this book!; I was originally required to read this book for my English class, but I ended up really enjoying it. Sherman Alexie is an outstanding author and I plan on reading more of his work. I think everyone should read it!!; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-15-2009; Great Book!; "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" is a great collection of short stories and the perfect starting point for those unfamiliar with the works of Sherman Alexie. Alexie was born and raised on the Spokane Indian reservation in...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-11-2009; Looking East; The most important thing to realize before jumping into The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven--or even reading anything by Sherman Alexie--is that the author is Native American, and his humor and presentation does nothing to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-27-2009; American Literature Teachers, Do Yourselves a Favor.; Have your students read this book. Alexie's prose is beautifully simple with a rhythm they can sway to. Have them use his text as a model for their own personal narratives...and enjoy.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-03-2009; I loved this book!; I was originally required to read this book for my English class, but I ended up really enjoying it. Sherman Alexie is an outstanding author and I plan on reading more of his work. I think everyone should read it!!; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-03-2007; "Everybody in this book is drunk or in love with a drunk."; States Alexie in the introduction (pp xviii, xix) to this collection of short stories. Of his leap from literary obscurity to published author and member of the middle-class, he writes, "all because I wrote stories and poems about being...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-10-2008; Parents Beware!; My son was required to read this book for his freshman high school class. It is full of the f-word and other foul language. It also is replete with drugs, binge drinking, and overt sexual situations among teens. I am totally mystified as...; read full review | report as inappropriate