About this title: Lee Mellon believes he is the descendent of the only Confederate General to have come from Big Sur and is himself a seeker after truth in his own modern-day war against the status quo and the state of the Union. This novel is set in 1957, and was the late Richard Brautigan's first to be published.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. B000KK8Y8K MUCH Earlier reading copy only paperback same content exactly-Aside from newer introduction/afterward, the original text has never changed, OLDER Used Condition with cover discoloration, though book is holding together well for it's age, and has tons of age tan. Different cover, No writing or Highlighting, some spine creases, sold for content. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Evergreen Black Cat, New York
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780394171883ISBN:0394171888
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Some wear to the covers. Mild page toning. Otherwise a clean, tight copy with an uncreased spine. Sixth printing. read more
Description: Fair. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First Evergreen Black Cat Edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, Inc
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780394171883ISBN:0394171888
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Two vertical creases9one at each corner of spine). Minimal edgewear on front cover. Covers are straight and crisp with no creases. Text is clean and bright. Binding is very tight. 160 p. Glued Binding read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Scuffing and soiling to wraps and page edges. Light shelf wear. Solid reading copy with clean pages. read more
Binding: Soft
Publisher: Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780394171883ISBN:0394171888
Description: Fair. Fiction Covers have some wear and creasing along the edges and corners, front cover has some light curling, spine has a lean, back cover has some light soiling, page edges are brown from aging, and the spine is loose from the text except for a small portion near the top of the spine. read more
Edition: Eigth Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. Mild shelf wear; Mild bumping and wear to corners and spine ends; Tanning and minor soiling to page edges with mild browning and foxing to top edges; Minor rubbing and wear to covers and spine; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Press, Inc. 1968
Date Published: 1968
Description: Library of Congress: 64-24078 This trade sized paperback is a nice tight eighth printing. Wraps have tears and creases, with some soiling. 159 pages. No alien writing inside. read more
Description: Good. Binding is square and tight. Corners crisp. Bookstore atmp on review page is only mark. Covers show wear and front cover has some dings a a chip. read more
"I've not come across writers who write what appears to be autobiography (whether it is or isn't I don't know) that keeps me reading with such humor. I liked the fact that I never felt like I knew where this story was going to take me. The way the main character, Jesse, accepts these other bizarre characters' behavior kept me in the moment. The style is spare, something I appreciate. The characters are not three dimensional but in this case anything more than cardboard would have ruined the voice of the piece. We see people the way Jesse sees them and that in itself is what makes this slice of bum/hippie/outlaw life interesting and entertaining. It's a less angry Bukowski (sp) away from the city. A hobo Kesey. Loved it."
"This book is basically a piece of junk, and only stays in print, I'm sure, because it deals loosely with some counterculture characters. It's whimsical and uninformed, like when I started writing a novel years ago about a man who finds Marcel Proust's head on the side of Route 80, without ever having read any of Proust's work. Only Brautigan finishes his novel and is lauded. This is the story of a couple of jerk-offs in San Francisco in the 60s, doing nothing but killing frogs. It's Kerouac without any integrity, just a bunch of meaningless, bland psychedelia, probably trying to frighten the squares but really just a tedium of empty, expressionless shells for characters, a stoned bit of boring typing."
"I'm not sure what to say about this one. It was good, though not as good as Brautigan's others. It was different. The focus was more on the narrative and less on the imagery. It was still off the wall and had some really fantastic parts.
It was like the good conversation you have with a person you know very well when you had an unbelievable, life-changing conversation with that person when you first met.
It's a second kiss.
I don't know if this will make sense to anyone other than me."
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