Oh, I certainly hope so! When it first came out. Although I have to confess, I prefer Thomas and Lester and all those guys in short-story form rather than novel; I think poetry and short prose are Alexie's true strengths. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is one of the best short story collections I've ever read.

I got into a nasty argument with him once over the appropriateness of adoption and ever since then I haven't been able to bring myself to support his ego by buying his stuff, although I did see Smoke Signals which was fairly good.