false 33459 16 This is an accelerating comedy with shadows setting off the wry, polished humor. Trickster deities thrive on contrariety, which is why one finds them bringing life into dead landscapes and disorder into order. A Santa Barbara insurance salesman's too-tidily-contained lifestyle, far from the Crow reservation he grew up on, is an irresistible target for Coyote, who wants to make sure his chosen people don't forget him. Coyote descends on Sam Hunter like one of Job's plagues, albeit a charmingly disingenuous one. "Why me? Why not someone who believes?" asks Sam, suffering from god-induced chaos. "This is more fun," says Coyote. He's right. 813988 1994 Coyote Blue total:3592|5:730|4:1296|3:1235|2:282|1:49| 3592 13152 4851 294 3 1 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jan 02 10:26:21 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 10:28:25 -0800 2009
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Sam Hunter is a slick, shallow insurance salesman whose Native American past is successfully buried... until the Trickster thinks otherwise. Sam's life is ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 13:47:37 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 13:53:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:52:18 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 13:53:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 22:37:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 22:38:40 -0700 2009 Coyote Blue is no exception with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments - my husband was seriously worried that I was going to fall off the bed eventually from the cackling. I don't know enough about ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:14:11 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:14:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 13:12:22 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 13:16:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 12:32:47 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 15:57:36 -0700 2009
--regarding the main character's yuppie condo complex
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What happens to an indian who defects (due to an eensy weensy ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 17 08:59:44 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 21 04:01:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 17:42:04 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 18:01:27 -0700 2007 Anansi Boys or Tonto and the Lone Ranger Fistfight in Heaven, but it deals with Native American mythology better than a lot of books I've read.

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Finished this the other day.
Very fast read.
Would be easy to read it all in one sitting,
though i choose to drag it out for a few days,
just really like having a book to think on through the day.
I enjoyed it :)
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