I second this! I own all of his works. I started with Willard and his Bowling Trophies. I thought it was so absurd, but I loved it. Trout Fishing was next I think. From then on, I was hooked. No other author has yet to make me laugh (and even cry) as much as Brautigan. Sometimes when I eat something terribly delicious, I find myself muttering “fuck me like fried potatoes.” When I taught high school English, I used to have students read “I was Trying to Describe you to Someone” from Revenge of the Lawn as a mentor text. Anyway, I love that dude and all that he offered the world for the time that he was in it.
I second this! I own all of his works. I started with Willard and his Bowling Trophies. I thought it was so absurd, but I loved it. Trout Fishing was next I think. From then on, I was hooked. No other author has yet to make me laugh (and even cry) as much as Brautigan. Sometimes when I eat something terribly delicious, I find myself muttering “fuck me like fried potatoes.” When I taught high school English, I used to have students read “I was Trying to Describe you to Someone” from Revenge of the Lawn as a mentor text. Anyway, I love that dude and all that he offered the world for the time that he was in it.