The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie, a collection of short stories about the residents of the Spokane reservation, is at once hilarious and heartbreaking. Alexie possesses the rare ability to create three dimensional characters in just a few short pages, desperately imperfect people in an even more imperfect world who never forget the absurdity of it all. More than that, he writes with the most beautiful cadence, and a turn of phrase that you have to stop and savour. He also came up with the greatest title ever. Read this book.