The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a collection of interconnected short stories about Native Americans living on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Through the retelling of experiences of characters like young Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-Fire, author Sherman Alexie creates a complex vision of life on the Reservation. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a vivid and poetic commentary about coming-of-age and the reality of living as a Native American in the modern world.