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Kent Winward
Oct 15, 2013 rated it really liked it
So two fishing books this year: The River Why and this one. This one from the counterculture and the other from the more ( dare I say it?) mainstream. Maybe Trout Fishing in America just wasn't the same after the movie, An Officer and a Gentleman, because I get to the end and all I can hear is Louis Gossett, Jr. shouting "Mayooo Naisse."

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Elizabeth
Oct 08, 2014 marked it as to-read
Just met someone who briefly roomed with him in the 60s. He had a funny anecdote about Brautigan loving his blonde girlfriends--until one accidentally dyed her hair green. Not the reason why I'm interested in reading the book, though. I like the Beats. ...more
Kay
Aug 04, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, countercultr
Patty
Oct 30, 2007 rated it it was amazing
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Aug 23, 2010 rated it really liked it
Anna
Nov 27, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: humor
Vicky
Jan 10, 2011 marked it as to-finish-later
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