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Original Title:	The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
ISBN:	080213663X (ISBN13: 9780802136633)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Idaho(United States)
Literary Awards:	Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (Finalist) (1992), Oregon Book Award Nominee for Fiction (Finalist) (1992)

The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

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Set against the harsh reality of an unforgiving landscape and culture, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon provides a vision of the Old West unlike anything seen before. The narrator, Shed, is one of the most memorable characters in contemporary fiction: a half-Indian bisexual boy who lives and works at the Indian Head Hotel in the tiny town of Excellent, Idaho. It's the turn of the century, and the hotel carries on a prosperous business as the town's brothel. The eccentric characters working in the hotel provide Shed with a surrogate family, yet he finds in himself a growing need to learn the meaning of his Indian name, Duivichi-un-Dua, given to him by his mother, who was murdered when he was twelve. Setting off alone across the haunting plains, Shed goes in search of an identity among his true people, encountering a rich pageant of extraordinary characters along the way. Although he learns a great deal about the mysteries and traditions of his Indian heritage, it is not until Shed returns to Excellent and witnesses a series of brutal tragedies that he attains the wisdom that infuses this exceptional and captivating book.

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Title	:	The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
Author	:	Tom Spanbauer
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	January 6th 2000 by Grove Press (first published 1991)
Categories	:	Fiction. LGBT. Historical. Historical Fiction. GLBT. Queer. Gay. Magical Realism

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This is hands down my favorite book ever written. It has changed my life more than once, and most people I recommend it to end up feeling deeply about it as well. It's raw and beautiful, and sexy and scary (in an emotional way, not in a stephen king way) and dangerous and amazing.

I really don't know how to review this book. It's kinda like a Tom Robbins Western, but better written, more succinct. Pithy as hell. Some deep wisdom from years of people watching. Insights into you the reader as you look out at the world through the eye's of Out-In-The-Shed. Sad, and brightly hilarious. Yugen aplenty. The story of a family, a family of whores and half breeds, cowboys with mystical insight and Damn Dave and his Damn Dog. It's a story of people telling themselves their

I love this book beyond all reason. But the other women in my book club despised it, and I can see their point of view, too. The sexual abuse of the main character is so twisted that most of them couldn't get beyond it. I didn't have children at the time and now that I do, I realize that might have been a game changer for me, too. I found myself utterly haunted by these strange, otherworldly characters who formed such a poetically bizarre family. I still don't know quite how or why it works,

I adored this book. It's a charming little tale of a band of misfits and really spoke to me about being different in a world of conformity. I'd add that I've read this several times, and given it to many people who have ended up loving it as much as me.

Shed is a half Native Americwn bisexual prostitute, who lives in a brothel, while he is also searching for his father during the time Mormons move into the state of Utah (20th century).This summary already sounds super crazy and this book is even more crazy. It is partly hilarious, witty and highly amusing. Some parts I really disliked: the book is extremely sexually explicit, plus extreme violence, rape, and incest can be found (trigger warning).I am not sure how to rate it. It's somewhere

An older person I deeply respect told me this is the book they give to potential lovers and friends as a sort of vetting process. Those too offended to appreciate it are not, as she says, invited to dinner. For myself, I will be sitting at her side. This book is a masterpiece.

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