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    Coyote Blue
    Coyote Blue
    Coyote Blue
    Audiobook10 hours

    Coyote Blue

    Written by Christopher Moore

    Narrated by James Jenner

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From the master of subversive humor Christopher Moore comes a quirky, irreverent novel of love, myth, metaphysics, outlaw biking, angst, and outrageous redemption.

    As a boy, he was Samson Hunts Alone—until a deadly misunderstanding with the law forced him to flee the Crow reservation at age fifteen. Today he is Samuel Hunter, a successful Santa Barbara insurance salesman with a Mercedes, a condo, and a hollow, invented life. Then one day, destiny offers
    him the dangerous gift of love—in the exquisite form of Calliope Kincaid—and a curse in the unheralded appearance of an ancient god by the name of Coyote. Coyote, the trickster, has arrived to reawaken the mystical storyteller within Sam … and to seriously screw up his existence in the process.

    "[A] whimsical fable of contemporary culture shock....Tautly written with a zest for the absurd and the unpredictable."—New York Times Book Review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 9, 2009
    ISBN9781436185165
    Coyote Blue
    Author

    Christopher Moore

    Christopher Moore is the author of eighteen previous novels, including Razzmatazz, Shakespeare for Squirrels, Noir, Secondhand Souls, Sacré Bleu, Fool, and Lamb. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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    • 4/5
      Interesting blend of modern urban fantasy with Indian mythos, told with Moore's blend of humor. (I will note that I didn't find this novel as funny as his later works. Moore has been improving his comic style with time.)
    • 4/5
      Christopher Moore is becoming one of my favorite light authors. Like Lamb, the first book of his that I read, this is funny, irreverent, slightly sacriligious, but also touching. Moore seems to be very good at portraying the trouble-making ordinary guy with a heart of gold, whether it's Sam Hunter, the insurance salesman protagonist of this book; Biff, from Lamb; or Old Man Coyote.
    • 4/5
      A bit slow at the start but then rapidly picks up speed. It's a few days of a Native American who has left his former life and ways behind. Then his life starts to turn upside down with the introduction of the trickster god who was in his spirit vision. Then the fun begins, he meets a woman, appears to lose his job and condo only to get them back. A trip to Vegas where Coyote spends all his money and sells his car. A rescue and finally a trip back to the reservation where his life started. Again starts off a little slow but then it's a whirlwind romp of fun from that point on.

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    • 4/5
      The Coyote blue has a strong American gods feeling I honestly don't know which one was first) but maybe because of this a very entertaining book. What happens with a native indian, who want to leave his ancients' heritage, when he hits the road with the god Coyote himself.
    • 3/5
      Another bright romp from Christopher Moore, but not our favorite. Recommended for fans, of course. Just don't take his bits of pretension too seriously
    • 5/5
      It was very easy for me to fall into the shoes of Samuel Hunter/SamsonHuntsAlone. The touch of a love story completed the novel for it to be one I very much enjoyed. Stories should be told and perpetuated.
    • 5/5
      This is one of my favorite books by Christopher Moore, although most of them are. That said, I will say that the book starts off a little slowly for me and it does take a while to warm up to the main character. However, once the beginning 20-40 pages are read, this book picks up speed and keeps going until the end.

      Live all of Moore's books this story has humor to spare. Coyote is one of the most fun characters in the first place, so having him wreak havoc on the main character's life is fun to watch. Being inside Coyote's head occasionally is always great for hilarity, but as with most of Moore's books the hilarity really does carry some of that universal truth.

      I tend to think of this book as a road trip book as for quite a lot of the book the characters are traveling or feel somewhat nomadic. I would say read the first 40 pages and if you aren't hooked on the story, feel free to go about your day. Other than a slow start, this book is an excellent read with more than a few parts that are laugh out loud funny.
    • 4/5
      A really fun read. A nice look at the Native American trying to fit in to the white man's world without ever being preachy. Witty, mystic, suspenseful -- a good combination.
    • 4/5
      A Christopher Moore I haven't read! Yahoo!

      I enjoyed this book, as I do most Moore novels. He's got the right mix of zaney, bawdy, silly, outrageous, humanity, and mystical to make his books good reads, truly deserving of laughing out loud. Nice to see an early iteration of a character who shows up in several other books as well.

      I kept thinking, while reading this, that when I was four, my family went on a cross-country trip. While out in "Indian Country" my parents bought me a book called "Coyote Tales", all about that mischief maker. Somehow, Old Man Coyote is a bit randier in Moore's book than in my memory, though maybe I ought to read the children's book again, and look for hidden meanings. You never know.

      Tags: an-author-i-read, a-favorite-author, made-me-laugh-out-loud-for-real
    • 4/5
      A Christopher Moore Book. At his best, he is laugh out loud, crazy, smart funny. At his worst, he is laugh out loud, crazy, and smart funny. This book falls in the middle. Coyote Blue is funny is smart, and always entertaining, but this isn't the best book I've read by him.

      We have a former Crow Indian, turned chameleon Insurance Salesman. A God that is both naively innocent and dangerously mischievous. We get Las Vegas, a Bike Rally in Sturgis. The characters are funny - down to the Samson, himself, from the minor characters of Dinty Moore and the Japanese Business Man. We even have some Buddhist Monk Mechanics thrown in for good measure.

      But the heart of the story is Sam, and his strange, fast, immediate Love of Calliope, a very down to earth Hippy (which is strange, in it self).

      Should you read this? Yes. But on a rainy day where you want something funny, with just a hint seriousness.
    • 4/5
      Samson Hunts Alone had to leave the Crow reservation because he killed a cop so now he goes by the name of Samuel Hunter and lives in Santa Barbara as a very successful insurance salesman. At the time he meets and falls madly in lust with Calliope, Sam's long forgotten spirit helper also makes a re-appearance in his life. Coyote, the trickster, causes nothing but turmoil in Sam's life and he's quickly about to lose everything he's worked hard to attain. His home, his job and even his very freedom are jeopardised at the arrival of Coyote. But when Calliope leaves to chase after her ex and father of their child who has absconded with their son on a motorcycle rally, Sam realises his feelings are much deeper and follows after to help her get him back. For this he needs the trickster's help and that story is never going to end well.

      Mixing a lot of different myths and mythology along the way this is an amusing tale of self-discovery with some interesting characters met along the way. Having previously read A Dirty Job it was good to see the back-story from a character featured in that novel and a cameo appearance of another from a few other of Moore's work. As with his other books that I've read, the humour is quite irreverent so I do not advise reading this if you think it might offend your religious sensibilities. I kind of liked it though.
    • 4/5
      As alway Christopher Moore never fails to entertain. Once you accept the type of novel you are reading, then you look at it through that set of lenses. Although he repeats his character types throughout his novels, this is what you read him for. He also educates you about certain parts of our environment but does it in a funny special way. He is in San Francisco this Friday and I hope to get to see him. One of my favorites although I can take a pass on the vampire stuff.
    • 4/5
      Christopher Moore and Neil Gaiman have inspired a new category for my bookshelves: modern humorous spiritual fantasy. Moore in particularly is not afraid to tackle everything from Buddhism to memes. Coyote Blue is one of my favorites by him. The Native American trickster god Coyote is a starring character in the novel, and plenty of Coyote stories are sprinkled throughout, told in Moore’s humorous style.

      The trickster leads Sam Hunter, a Crow Indian who is on the run from the law, on a chase after the best woman he’s ever met and her baby son, who were kidnapped by the boy’s father and a motorcycle gang — which leads him right back to the reservation Sam originally ran away from. It always gets a little convoluted trying to summarize a Christopher Moore plot. They get to meet Anubis, Coyote’s brother, and go to the Underworld along the way — how’s that for mixing metaphors?

      I thought Coyote Blue was one of Moore’s finer novels, right up there with Lamb, even if it does get a little sloppy toward the end. If you’ve never read any of Moore’s novels, and you want something lighter to end the summer with, this would be a good choice.
    • 4/5
      Moore is a literary genius that has bouts of Tourette's syndrome while writing. Just when you think he's he's churning a classic he channels Beavis and Butthead or Carman.
      This one is all about the Irony and Moore pulls it from every direction even a few from his ***. He does this all while reinterpreting the Native American trickster tales about Coyote. I could reread this three more times and not cover all the ironic moments.
      best line - “Coyote medicine will do them white folks some good”
    • 3/5
      I love Christopher Moore and his take on the Native American trickster myth is hysterical, as usual.
    • 4/5
      Another fun read from the crazy world of Christopher Moore. I only have two more Moore books, before I don't have any more Moore books to read. Chris always creates wonderful characters and puts them in some really strange situations. This tale involves a tribal Indian Gods, a biker gang, and a few swindling insurance salemen to name just a few. Fun characters, funny situations and an overall good read.
    • 5/5
      After Lamb, Coyote Blue is my favorite Chris Moore book. I love the take on the trickster myth, I love the setting, and as usual I love the way Chris makes me laugh. Chris has said in interviews that Lamb and this book are the ones most often studied, and I can see why. They both say a lot of deep things and explore some common myths in a way that hasn't been done before.

      If you're trying to figure out where to start when reading Chris's books, I think this might be a good place. You'll get a feel pretty quickly for whether or not you like his style, and none of the other books are dependent on this story line.
    • 1/5
      I have to admit that despite my love for A Dirty Job, I’m not a big fan of Moore’s earlier works. Not only are some characters reused (which I don’t really have a problem with — nothing wrong with recurring characters!), he uses some of the same stereotypes in every book, it seems. There’s always a mostly-high surfer dude. There’s always a cantankerous (and probably homely) old lady. And of course, the earnest (if sometimes misguided) main character. I think what really rubbed me wrong in this book was Coyote himself. I know he is supposed to be a 'trickster' spirit, but I found him more mean-spirited than anything. Especially when he steals Sam’s car, sells it, and gambles away his bank account. I think you’re supposed to find his naiveté endearing, but I didn’t. I’ll keep reading (or rather, listening) to Moore’s books, but mostly because they’re what my husband wants to hear.
    • 4/5
      A very funny read. I liked the direction that we were taken with the book. I did not expect to be left with such an appealling cliffhanger of a book. I am looking forward to Mr. Moore to retrurning to this world, to see what he does with the Coyote next time.
    • 3/5
      As a boy growing up in Montana, he was Samson Hunts Alone - until a deadly misunderstanding with the law forced him to flee the Crow reservation at age fifteen. Today he is Samuel Hunter, a successful Santa Barbara insurance salesman with a Mercedes, a condo, and a hollow, invented life. Then one day, shortly after his thirty-fifth birthday, destiny offers him the dangerous gift of love - in the exquisite form of Calliope Kincaid - and a curse in the unheralded appearance of an ancient Indian god by the name of Coyote. Coyote, the trickster, has arrived to transform tranquillity into chaos, to reawaken the mystical storyteller within Sam ...and to seriously screw up his existence in the process.

      I didn't enjoy this as much as "Love Nun", the only other Moore I've read. I found the whole thing quite dull & had no feeling for any of the characters, except for disliking tricksters. I was bored almost from the beginning but kept hoping something might compel my interest. Just not my thing.
    • 4/5
      Sam Hunter is a successful insurance salesman in Santa Barbara. He owns a Mercedes and lives in a luxury condo. Stepping out of his office one day he meets a beautiful girl with car trouble. He doesn't realize it yet, but his whole world is about to change. Sam must face his past, his real name is Samson Hunts Alone and he is a Crow Indian. He ran away from the reservation when he was a teenager. To get the woman of his dreams he will have to team up with Coyote, the trickster god and change the way he looks at life.

      This book was recommended to me by another LibraryThinger when I mentioned in my review of “Anansi Boys” that I liked Native American coyote trickster god stories. It wasn’t as good as Neil Gaiman’s book, but it was an enjoyable read. The action starts right from the first page and goes until the end. Sam meets unusual people that do some weird and wacky things and all of them are influenced by Old Man Coyote. The story is funny, but not laugh-out-loud funny. An amusing quick read. I would recommend it for a summer beach read.
    • 4/5
      I'd never read any of Cristopher Moore's books before and after Coyote Blue I'm looking forwards to others. The closest reference I can use is the work of Carl Hiaasen. The story should be straight-forward, a simple tale of a shallow man finding love, which reveals how empty his life is. Although it's not entirely clear where the story is going to take you, stay for the ride. You'll encounter Las Vegas from a new perspective, a psychopathic gang of bikers, sly salesmen and the god Coyote, the Trickster. It's Hiassen on a supernatural trip - clever, funny and disturbingly accurate. A good yarn, which doesn't overstay it's welcome. Recommended.
    • 4/5
      Samuel Hunter, born Samson Hunts Alone, left the Crow reservation of his birth when he was a teenager, on the run after accidentally killing a crooked cop in a fit of anger. Since then, the young Indian has become a master chameleon, fitting in perfectly with the greater white world. He has become a very successful insurance salesman, owns a very nice townhome and a Mercedes, and feels all-around quite satisfied with his life. So what if he isn’t in love? So what if he doesn’t have any family, or even any close friends? So what if he’s so focused on fitting in and staying inconspicuous in his normality that he doesn’t allow himself any strong emotions or real individuality?

      So what indeed! Unfortunately…or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, Sam’s spirit guide just doesn’t see things the way Sam does. Sam’s spirit guide is the ultimate troublemaker, you see…the trickster god Old Man Coyote! It is more than just Coyote’s job to shake things up; it is his very nature! So when Coyote checks in on Sam’s life and decided to help the young man find his balance, Sam is in for the ride of his life.

      Soon, Sam finds himself in danger of losing his job and his townhome, in love with an eccentric young hippie named Calliope, and caught up in a whirlwind cross-country trip to Las Vegas to help Calliope retrieve her son from his dead-beat father, a drug-dealing biker with co-dependency issues. And through it all, Old Man Coyote is smack in the middle of things, causing trouble in the name of fixing what Sam didn’t think was broken.

      “Coyote Blue” is funny, wise, and just plain a heck of a lot of fun!
    • 4/5
      The plot centres around Samual Hunter who tried to forget he was ever Sam Hunts Alone of the Crow and the sudden reappearance of Coyote in his life and apparent determination to ruin it. There is the usual silliness and some genuinely touching moments among the chaos and a moment of tranquility provided by a very zen mechanic.Through the course of the book Sam gets back in touch with his feeling, his roots, his trickster medicine and in the end, who he really is.
    • 5/5
      After all the seriousness of the election and the economy I felt the need for some pure escapism and, for that, Christopher Moore is the right prescription. Sam Hunter (aka Samson Hunts Alone) is a wealthy, successful insurance salesman whose manufactured life is turned upside down by a beautiful young flower child named Calliope and Old Man Coyote, an ancient Native American god. Coyote Blue is my sixth Moore book; (Blood Sucking Fiends, You Suck, A Dirty Job, Practical Demonkeeping and Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal). His novels are profane, irreverent, absurd and hilarious.
    • 3/5
      The writing is good, it's funny, and yet it was easy to put down. Just not as good as some of his other books.
    • 1/5
      I have enjoyed many of this authors books in the past, but this one I could just not get into no matter how hard I tried. It did have some very funny moments, and I'm sure is a wonderful read, but not my style. I did like how he works characters from other books into the story. It was good to see Minty Fresh again!
    • 3/5
      One of my stange picks. Unique and humorous story about love and destiny.
    • 5/5
      Silly, fun, easy read. If you are a person who only likes deep, philosophical books then stay away from this one.
    • 3/5
      Wacky, entertaining black comedy of culture clash between Santa Barbara condo-dwellers and reservation Indians. As in Neil Gaiman's American Gods, the supernatural is real, but Coyote Blue doesn't take itself half so seriously. Read it for fun.