Jubilee Hitchhiker
The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan
$72.30
- Paperback
880 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2013
Summary
Confident and robust, Jubilee Hitchhiker is an comprehensive biography of late novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, author of Troutfishing in America and A Confederate General from Big Sur, among many others. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. But his career was formidable, an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781619021051 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1619021056 |
| Author: | William Hjortsberg |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 880 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 1.52kg |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 177mm |
| Series: | Counterpoint LLC |
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Critics Review
“Hjortsberg does yeoman’s genealogical research and writing, Brautigan’s life unfolds as a tragicomedy, and the book vividly evokes the heady 1960s and 1970s, especially in the Bay Area, as lived by a “deeply strange” literary figure.“—Steve Heilig, The San Francisco Chronicle
About The Author
William Hjortsberg
William Hjortsberg is the author of eight books, including Alp, Gray Matters, and Falling Angel, as well as the screenplays “Legend” and “Thunder & Lightning.” He lives in Montana with his wife, painter Janie Camp.
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