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A Brautigan omnibus, reissued in paperback in celebration of its twentieth anniversary, this one-volume edition includes three contemporary classics that embody the spirit of the 1960s.


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Required reading for the hip generation, this one-volume edition contains two novels and a collection of poetry. The comic genius and iconoclastic vision of American life will recapture today's reader.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Reissue of an old favorite, Jan 24 2004
By Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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Brautigan's life ended, at his own hand, in 1984, but his memory lingers on. He has become known as the Mark Twain of the 60s, the New Thoreau, and the Zen Trickster. His voice, ebullient, sad, and comic, is pure American. Brautigan's writing straddles the line between prose and poetry as he follows a guy named (trust me here) Trout Fishing In America across his native land in search of Zen enlightenment. The 'chapters' are anecdotes that read as fables and continue to delight after multiple re-readings. If you missed this book the first time around, perhaps because you were into other stuff during the 60s, now's your chance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My sister-in-law would not understand this book., May 11 2003
By Harold C Rogers Jr (Saint Marys, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
My sister-in-law doesn't get the Peter Sellers' movie "Being There" and she would not appreciate Brautigan either. If you don't normally enjoy abstract and funny material, then you should not buy this book. I started reading it and said to myself "what the hell is this?" After picking "Trout Fishing" back up and starting over it makes perfect sense. I really wish that Brautigan had not commited suicide in 1984, because had he lived he would see that an entirely new fan base caught up to him and his style of literature. I am amazed at how he thought up some of this stuff, because it is both so unusual and at the same time so dead on the money that it really makes you laugh and shake your head.
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2.0 out of 5 stars still not good, Jun 16 2002
By Mr TOM W. SHEPHERD (El Monte, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I read him when he was first published and I just read him again.
I don't think he's any good. Especially, when he was first released, you have to keep in mind that at that time, if it didn't make much sense if was always considered good. Not to say that that didn't work some times. I just don't feel that it worked here.
His writing, especially his poetry is so one dimentional that if there is any interest generated it doesn,t stay with you and soon you wonder why you ever liked it in the first place. Kind of like most "pop" rock. It's catchy and you might like it for a few listens but then it's time to find something with more guts.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Trout Whatevering in Wherever
This book really doesn't do much for me. Maybe 10 years ago it might have. This sort of "I'm just going to write whatever I see in front of me and then make a silly... Read more
Published on Jan 3 2004 by Norm Zurawski

3.0 out of 5 stars In watermelon sugar
I didn't really get this book, it still held my interest, don't get me wrong, but the book, for the most part, seems like random thoughs, included to take up space. Read more
Published on May 8 2002 by Adam

2.0 out of 5 stars What is this about?
I'm sorry to put a sour 2-star review to this book, which seems to be well liked by many people based on reading the Amazon reviews. Read more
Published on Nov 11 2001 by Bus Driver

5.0 out of 5 stars inimitable
Brautigan creates a bizarre landscape in lyric prose and weaves in dream-like imagery of utopia and nonsense. His experimental themes are provocative, beautiful. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2001 by Kwan Yin

5.0 out of 5 stars Mapletrout
The genious of this book's two short stories, "Trout Fishing" and "Watermelon Sugar" lie in the author's ability to create organipomorphic imagery. Read more
Published on Jan 2 2001 by barbarena

3.0 out of 5 stars playful
In an era when even baseball players entertain themselves by pondering questions like "Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways ? Read more
Published on Nov 27 2000 by Orrin C. Judd

3.0 out of 5 stars Very dated
Trout Fishing in America is very dated. I suppose those people who were "of the age" when this book originally came out in 1967 might relate to it. Read more
Published on Nov 17 2000 by S. Griffin

5.0 out of 5 stars Three goodies from an unrecognized 20th Century giant.
Brautigan's work was and is a symbolic garden of delights. Get this book and take it on a picnic with that special someone. Read more
Published on Aug 19 2000 by L. Peyronnin

5.0 out of 5 stars This book really is a "MUST HAVE."
This first time I ever picked up a Richard Brautigan novel, I became hooked. I am now an avid fan and I'm always encouraging people to give him a chance. Try it... Read more
Published on Aug 16 2000 by jess_e

5.0 out of 5 stars A Modernist Masterpiece
Nothing this experimental is for everyone, but that's part of the point -- this is, after all, a countercultural effort. Read more
Published on May 31 2000

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