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Trout Fishing in America

By Richard Brautigan
Series: Canons
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Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan is a whimsical and unconventional novel that mixes elements of fiction, autobiography, and satire. It weaves a series of vignettes through surreal and humorous adventures centered around the concept of trout fishing, with diverse characters and intriguing landscapes. The book offers a unique take on American culture and the pursuit of simplicity, laced with Brautigan's distinct prose style.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy a blend of whimsical prose and satirical reflections on American society. It's perfect for readers who appreciate non-traditional storytelling and surreal humour, immersing you in a journey that's both absurd and profound.

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Trout Fishing in America

Richard Brautigan's cult classic novel reissued to mark the 30th Anniversary of his death. Introduced by Neil Gaiman.

Richard Brautigan's cult classic novel reissued to mark the 30th Anniversary of his death. Introduced by Neil Gaiman

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Richard Brautigan's wonderfully zany, hilarious episodic novel is set amongst the rural waterways of America.

Here's a journey that begins at the foot of the Benjamin Franklin statue in San Francisco's Washington Square, wanders through the wonders of America's rural waterways and ends, inevitably, with mayonnaise. With pure inventiveness and free-wheeling energy, the counterpoint to all those angry Beatniks, Brautigan tells the story of rural America and the hunt for a bit of trout fishing.

Funny, wild and sweet, Trout Fishing in America is an incomparable guidebook to the delights of exploration—of a country and a mind.

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Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan is celebrated for its unique blend of surrealism and absurd humour, drawing comparisons to the works of Burroughs and Kerouac. It captures a whimsical yet melancholic reflection on a disappearing pastoral America. The book's distinctive free-spirited style and black absurdist elements have earned it cult classic status, praised for its delicacy and humour.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781782113805

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 September 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Canons

Edition: Main - Canons edition

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Neil Gaiman
  • Afterword by Billy Collins
  • Introduction by Neil Gaiman
  • Introduction by Neil Gaiman
  • Introduction by Neil Gaiman

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 112g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Richard Brautigan was born in Tacoma, Washington where he spent much of his youth, before moving to San Francisco where he became involved with other writers in the Beat Movement. During the Sixties he became one of the most prolific and prominent members of the counter-cultural movement, and wrote some of his most famous novels including Trout Fishing in America, Sombrero Fallout and A Confederate General from Big Sur. He was found dead in 1984, aged 49, beside a bottle of alcohol and a .44 calibre gun. His daughter, Ianthe Brautigan, has written a biography of her father, You Can't Catch Death.

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