Coyote Blue

A novel by Christopher Moore, published in 1994.

Samson Hunts Alone, aka Sam Hunter, runs away from home as a teenager when he's tied to the death of a local police officer. Twenty years later, he's a yuppie insurance salesman living peacefully in Los Angeles. His life is turned upside down when he unwittingly gets involved with the trickster god Coyote.

""He was funny. He tried to teach me how to walk on water. I said I could do that just fine in the winter.""
 * All Bikers Are Hells Angels
 * Braids, Beads, and Buckskins: Both averted and played straight.
 * Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Gods will die out unless people believe in them and tell stories about them. Ultimately the fate of Anubis.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Coyote.
 * Cool Shades: Minty Fresh wears a pair to hide his Eyes of Gold.
 * Comically Missing the Point:

- Coyote, in reference to Jesus.


 * Crossover Cosmology: Anubis is Coyote's older brother and he's met Jesus.
 * Eyes of Gold: Coyote, Anubis and their 'children' (Sam and Minty Fresh, respectively) all have golden eyes to denote their supernaturality.
 * Lemony Narrator
 * No Such Thing as Wizard Jesus: Coyote has met Jesus once and is amused that Jesus makes such a big deal about coming back from the dead one time. It Makes Sense in Context, as Coyote's brother is Anubis, a god who has brought the dead back to life on multiple occasions.
 * It's even funnier without the context from the book. Simply going by existing mythology, Coyote has died and come back to life dozens of times. Of course he'd be amused by a religion based on a guy who only did it once, and took a whole three days to do it even then.
 * Physical God: Coyote.
 * Trickster Archetype: Coyote.
 * Unfazed Everyman: Sam Hunter.
 * Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Minty Fresh. Even Sam, who is born as "Samson Hunts Alone".