Sherman Alexie - Reservation Blues

Pros: Perfect for a long weekend

Cons: some references are fairly obscure

Review: Alexie's first full-length novel revisits many of the themes he has touched on in his earlier writing but, with a back beat. At the center of this novel is music -- the Indian rock band that Alexie follows from its inception to end and Robert Johnson,...

Pros: Can make you empathetic toward Indians again

Cons: Bleaker than any blues song you've ever heard

The Bottom Line: I got the blues.

Review: Author Sherman Alexie is a full-blooded Indian from Washington's Spokane tribe. Alexie was raised on a reservation and so it's very likely that his experiences living on the Spokane reservation influenced his stories. His first novel, Reservation Blues, ...

Pros: Sherman Alexie is simply an excellent writer.

Cons: He makes me feel like a complete underachiever, slacker type person.

Review: Sherman Alexie makes me sick because he's still in his 30s; he can write like an angel, and he just seems to be one of those writers bearing the mantle of genius. I want to be like him when I grow up.
His first widely distributed work, "The...