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3[[quoteright:125:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coyoteb_9847.jpg]]
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5A novel by Creator/ChristopherMoore, published in 1994.
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7Samson Hunts Alone, aka Sam Hunter, runs away from home as a teenager when he's tied to the death of a local police officer.
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9[[TimeSkip Twenty years later]], he's a yuppie insurance salesman living peacefully in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. His life is turned upside down when he unwittingly gets involved with the TricksterGod [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Coyote]].
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12!!This book provides examples of:
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14%%* AllBikersAreHellsAngels
15%%* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Both averted and played straight.
16* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Gods will die out unless people believe in them and tell stories about them. Ultimately the fate of Anubis.
17%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Coyote.
18* CoolShades: Minty Fresh wears a pair to hide his SupernaturalGoldEyes.
19* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Coyote talking about UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
20-->"He was funny. He tried to teach me how to walk on water. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} I]] [[RuleOfFunny said I could do that just fine in the winter]]."
21* CrossoverCosmology: [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Anubis]] is Coyote's older brother and he's met Jesus.
22%%* LemonyNarrator
23* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Coyote has met Jesus once and is amused that Jesus makes such a big deal about coming back from the dead one time. ItMakesSenseInContext, as Coyote's brother is Anubis, a god who has brought the dead back to life on multiple occasions.
24%%* PhysicalGod: Coyote.
25* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Coyote, Anubis and their 'children' (Sam and Minty Fresh, respectively) all have golden eyes to denote their supernaturality.
26%%* TricksterGod: Coyote.
27%%* UnfazedEveryman: Sam Hunter.
28* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Minty Fresh. Even Sam, who is born as "Samson Hunts Alone".
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