The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherman Alexie
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Plot: Short stories
- Time of Work: Late twentieth century
- Setting: The Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State
- Principal Characters: Victor, Victor’s Father, James Many Horses, Thomas Builds-the-Fire, Junior
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Culture, 1960’s, 1970’s, Tradition, 1980’s, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Native Americans or American Indians, Alcohol, Storytelling, Pacific Northwest, Hurricanes
- Locales: Washington, Spokane Indian Reservation, WA, Wellpinit, WA
The Stories
Set on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington State, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a collection of loosely related stories featuring a recurring cast of characters. In these twenty-two stories, the young male protagonists, usually in their late teens or their twenties, struggle with poverty, alcoholism, and the despair of everyday life on and off the reservation. They also try to come to grips with what it means to be Indian (as the characters exclusively refer to themselves) in the late twentieth century.
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