Set against the harsh reality of an unforgiving landscape and culture, the man who fell in love with the moon provides a vision of the old west unlike anything seen before. The narrator, shed, is one of the most memorabl...Set against the harsh reality of an unforgiving landscape and culture, the man who fell in love with the moon provides a vision of the old west unlike anything seen before. The narrator, shed, is one of the most memorable characters in contemporary fiction: a half-indian bisexual boy who lives and works at the indian head hotel in the tiny town of excellent, idaho.