Bio
Richard Brautigan was born in Tacoma, Washington where he spent much of his youth, before moving to San Francisco where he became involved with other writers in the Beat Movement. During the Sixties he became one of the most prolific and prominent members of the conter-cultural movement, and wrote some of his most famous novels including Trout Fishing in America, Sombrero Fallout and A Confederate General from Big Sur.
He was found dead in 1984, aged 49, beside a bottle of alcohol and a .44 calibre gun.
His daughter, Ianthe Brautigan, has written a biography of her father, You Can't Catch Death .Richard Brautigan Books
A Confederate General From Big Sur, Dreaming Of Babylon, The Hawkline Monster
Richard BrautiganTrout Fishing in America
Richard BrautiganRevenge of the Lawn, The Abortion, and So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away
Richard BrautiganRichard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar
Richard Brautigan