Richard Brautigan was a literary idol of the 1960s and 1970s whose comic geniusand iconoclastic vision of American life caught the imagination of young peopleev... » 

Richard Brautigan was a literary idol of the 1960s and 1970s whose comic geniusand iconoclastic vision of American life caught the imagination of young peopleeverywhere. He came of age during the HaightAshbury period and has been calledthe last of the Beats. His early books became required reading for the hipgeneration and Trout Fishing in America sold two million copies throughout theworld. An indescribable romp the novel is best summed up in one wordmayonnaise.Brautigan was a god of the counterculture a phenomenon who sawhis star rise to fame and fortune only to plummet during the next decade.Driven to drink and despair he committed suicide in Bolinas California atthe age of fortynine. This new edition with an introduction by tk will bepublished on the 75th anniversary of Brautigans birth. «