About this title: Richard Brautigan was the author of ten novels, including a contemporary classic, Trout Fishing in America, nine volumes of poetry, and a collection of stories.Here are three Brautigan novels--A Confederate General from B ig Sir, Dreaming of Babylon and The Hawkline Monster--reissues in a one-volume omnibus edition.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
Description: VERY GOOD. 216 pgs. Unmarked text. Very light water damage to bottom corner of pages. Light pen mark on front cover. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. read more
Description: New. 0395547032 NEW! NEVER USED! . There are no highlights, No pen marks, No missing pages. The binding is sturdy. Upgraded shipping on orders over $49.99. Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Edition: 13th printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, Boston
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 159, 220, 216 pp.; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Spine slightly bowed. "Richard Brautigan was the author of ten novels, including a contemporary classic, Trout Fishing in America, nine volumes of poetry, and a collection of stories. Here are three Brautigan novels--A Confederate General from Big Sur, Dreaming of Babylon and The Hawkline Monster--reissues in a one-volume omnibus edition. / Richard Brautigan's comic genius and countercultural vision of ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1991-02-04
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780395547038. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
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Description: Good; Collectible. 1979 Delta paperback of A Conferederate General (ONLY)-stated first Delta edition-minor wear to cover-some tanning to page edge-otherwise binding strong contents clean-enjoy. read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
Description: As NEW. 595 pp. 21.5 cm. Three classic Brautigan novels reissued in a one-volume omnibus edition. Black and white photographic wrappers. New. read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, Boston
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
Description: NEW. 216pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. New. Brautigan was the author of ten novels, nine books of poetry, and a collection of short stories. He was a literary idol of the 1960s and early 1970s. Brautigan came of age while Haight-Ashbury was popular and has been called "the last of the beats. " read more
Edition: First Edition/ First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
Description: Fine. A square tight solid un-read and what appears to be an un-opened copy. This copy has some veryyyyyyyyyyy light pagedge soil. Collection of three of Brautigan's novels. Very nice copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1991-02-04
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
Description: Very Good. Book is in great condition! ! Looks almost new! ! Cover has slight edge wear but pages are clean with no visible marks. FAST SHIPPING W/USPS TRACKING! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780395547038ISBN:0395547032
Description: Very Good+ 0395547032. Light shelf wear; wraps show gentle rubbing. Otherwise the book is in pristine condition; pages are clean with NO markings, binding tight. Fiction. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; Three Books in the Manner of Their Original ed; 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 Inches; 608 pages. read more
"This book was terrific. It is composed of three novels as the title above plainly states. I started reading the Hawkline Monster first because of the raving of a friend. I must say I was quite happy I did so. The tales was strange, supernatural and funny. It had all the hallmarks of a Brautigan novel. This novel takes a long time to get to the Hawkline Monster plotwise but the journey there is one of the reasons that makes Brautigan so much fun to read.
After finishing Hawkline I proceeded to Dreaming of Babylon the middle book. This story was great but not as great as Hawkline. This story if a PI story. It reminded me of Chandler's Big Sleep except this one was much funnier. Putting crazy people in crazy situations is a good formula for Brautgan to use.
The last story was my least favorite of the three but at times one of my favorites. Some of Brautigan's individual sentences are quite lovely. It again uses the crazy people in crazy situations formula but it's setting is much different.
If I were you I would read this book if you haven't already. Starting front to back as normal people do might not be a bad idea so the greatness builds though I have no problems with having read it in the reverse order."
"This book, as you can probably see, is three books in one. So I will break them into three parts.
A CONFEDERATE GENERAL FROM BIG SUR was kind of a fun hippy ride into Brautigans imagination. It was like he just cared little how far out he went. Like his mind would say, "What this story needs is people with alligators in the trunk of their car" and then he would add them without further consideration. Probably the funnest of the three stories.
DREAMING OF BABYLON was my least favorite in the collection because it was this kind of gum shoe kind of private eye kind of a thing that I'm not too big on. It had some really great parts but I grew tired of the character constantly interupting the story in order to slip into his dream land. I did however find that some of the dream sequences were very vivid and extremely creative.
THE HAWKLINE MONSTER was my second favorite of the stories. It was this cool hired gun, orgy, ghost hunt kind of deal. People changing into dwarves and chemicals and shadows fighting eachother to the mostly unaware characters. It had kind of a bizarre Paul Bunyun tall tail quality to it.
Brautigan is an awesome author but this is not a collection that I would hang my hat on. His more reality based works seemed to be where he really shines."
"Accuse me of being intolerant (is that right?) but I put this down when 50 pages didn't condemn a little what felt like an amnesty for a character who condemned a gay man for his lifestyle before robbing him and leaving him in the woods. Etc."
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