American novelist, poet, and writer, Richard Gary Brautigan produced twelve novels, ten poetry collections, and one story collection, as well as five volumes of collected work, six nonfiction essays, and a record album of spoken voice recordings. Throughout all this work one notes Brautigan's characteristic idiosyncratic yet easy-to-read prose style: an offbeat combination of imagination, strange and detailed observation, whimsy, humor, and satire. His best known works include his novel, Trout Fishing in America, his collection of stories, Revenge of the Lawn, and his collection of poetry, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster.
Genres: Western, Historical Romance
Novels
The Abortion (1966)
Trout Fishing in America (1967)
In Watermelon Sugar (1968)
A Confederate General from Big Sur (1970)
The Hawkline Monster (1974)
Willard and His Bowling Trophies (1975)
Sombrero Fallout (1976)
Dreaming of Babylon (1977)
So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away (1982) (with Dennis Hopper)
An Unfortunate Woman (2000)
Trout Fishing in America (1967)
In Watermelon Sugar (1968)
A Confederate General from Big Sur (1970)
The Hawkline Monster (1974)
Willard and His Bowling Trophies (1975)
Sombrero Fallout (1976)
Dreaming of Babylon (1977)
So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away (1982) (with Dennis Hopper)
An Unfortunate Woman (2000)
Collections
Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar (1968)
Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster (poems) (1969)
Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt (poems) (1970)
Revenge of the Lawn (1971)
Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork (poems) (1976)
June 30th, June 30th (poems) (1978)
Tokyo Montana Express (1980)
Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster (poems) (1969)
Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt (poems) (1970)
Revenge of the Lawn (1971)
Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork (poems) (1976)
June 30th, June 30th (poems) (1978)
Tokyo Montana Express (1980)
Anthologies edited
Anthologies containing stories by Richard Brautigan
Short stories
Cameron (44:40) | |||
The Cleveland Wrecking Yard | |||
Footnote Chapter to 'Red Lid' | |||
The Last Year the Trout Came Up Hayman Creek | |||
My Name | |||
A Note of the Camping Craze that id Currently Sweeping America | |||
Partners | |||
Perfect California Day | |||
Room 208, Hotel Trout Fishing in America | |||
A Walden Pond for Winos |
Books about Richard Brautigan
Richard Brautigan recommends

Falling Angel (1978)
William Hjortsberg
"A spellbinding adventure in suspense that rollercoasters the reader toward and ending that is the equivalent of hitting a brick wall at 90mph. This is a book you don't walk away from."
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