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Trout Fishing in America

by Richard Brautigan
Trout Fishing in America

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ISBN13: 9780547255279
ISBN10: 0547255276



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Richard Brautigan was a literary idol of the 1960s and 1970s whose comic genius and iconoclastic vision of American life caught the imagination of young people everywhere. He came of age during the Haight-Ashbury period and has been called “the last of the Beats.” His early books became required reading for the hip generation, and on its publication Trout Fishing in America became an international bestseller. An indescribable romp, the novel is best summed up in one word: mayonnaise.

This new edition includes an introduction by the poet Billy Collins, who first encountered Brautigan's work as a student in California.

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A single-volume reissue of the contemporary American classic.

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Richard Brautigan (1935-1984) was a god of the counterculture and the author of ten novels, nine volumes of poetry, and a collection of short stories.

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lukas , December 09, 2013 (view all comments by lukas)
Reader beware: this is as much about trout fishing as "The River Why" is about fishing. A wacky, somewhat surreal, unclassifiable slim book by underground hero Richard Brautigan (on the jacket he's called a god of the counterculture). Will appeal to fans of Tim Robbins and Ken Kesey. Poet Billy Collins wrote the introduction.

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Forrest Aguirre , February 13, 2010
You know that stoner from high school, the one with a golden heart and hateful eyes, the one that failed all his classes but had the intelligence to be a Nobel Prize winner, the one that wanted to establish world peace through sarcasm? That's who wrote this book, and it's scary good. Mix equal parts '60s rebelliousness (without overt politics), folksy americana, and surrealism, and you've got it. Snarky anarchy with the best metaphors I've ever read.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780547255279
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
01/19/2010
Publisher:
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Pages:
144
Height:
8.00 in
Width:
5.31 in
Thickness:
.50
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2010
Author:
Richard Brautigan
Author:
Billy Collins
Introduction by:
Billy Collins
Introduction by:
Billy Collins
Author:
Billy (INT) Collins
Author:
Richard Brautigan
Introduction by:
Billy Collins
Introduction by:
Billy Collins
Introduction by:
Billy Collins
Introduction by:
Billy Collins
Introduction by:
Billy Collins
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
General Fiction

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