Richard Brautigan

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born

January 30, 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, The United States

died

September 14, 1984

gender

male

website

http://www.brautigan.net

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories

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Richard Brautigan was a 20th century American writer. His novels and stories often have to do with black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism. He is probably best known for his novel Trout Fishing in America. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1984.

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Average rating: 4.01 · 22,007 ratings · 1,579 reviews · 51 distinct works

	Trout Fishing in America / The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar 4.17 avg rating — 2,953 ratings — published 1967 — 4 editions	My rating:
	In Watermelon Sugar 4.08 avg rating — 2,878 ratings — published 1968 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Trout Fishing in America 3.85 avg rating — 2,921 ratings — published 1967 — 34 editions	My rating:
	The Abortion: An Historical Romance, 1966 4.04 avg rating — 1,481 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	Revenge of the Lawn / The Abortion / So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away 4.27 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western 3.88 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 1974 — 19 editions	My rating:
	A Confederate General from Big Sur/Dreaming of Babylon/The Hawkline Monster 4.14 avg rating — 1,553 ratings — published 1964 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970 4.06 avg rating — 1,161 ratings — published 1388 — 27 editions	My rating:
	The pill versus the Springhill mine disaster 4.09 avg rating — 875 ratings — published 1968 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery 3.82 avg rating — 784 ratings — published 1975 — 9 editions	My rating:

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“Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords.”
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“I have always wanted to write a book that ended with the word 'mayonnaise.”
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“all of us have a place in history. mine is clouds.”
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