Dec 21, 2009

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | Summary and Analysis: Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother is Alive and Well on the Spokane Indian Reservation, The Approximate Size of my Favorite Tumor and Somebody Kept Saying Powwow

New Characters
James: the baby adopted by the narrator in the “Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother is Alive and Well on the Spokane Indian Reservation.”

Jimmy Many Horses: a Reservation man who is married to Norma Many Horses and dying of cancer.

Junior Polatkin: the narrator of “Somebody Kept Saying Powwow” and an admirer of Norma.

Summary
“Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother is Alive and Well on the Spokane Indian Reservation,” is an account of unexpected fatherhood; the tale is broken into sections by year, beginning in 1966 and ending...