Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan Tapa dura - 1989

Capra Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Capra Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Capra Press, 1989. Hard cover. Fair/Fair. Ex library condition with typical labeling on spine, inside front cover. Spine of jacket sunned, some damage to first blank page. Light staining on edges of pages. As is.

Santa Barbara :: Capra Press,, 1989.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with light sunning to the spine. For 18 years, Keith Abbott was one of Brautigan's closest friends especially early on in Brautigan's writing career. Abbott paints a portrait of Richard Brautigan as a lovable and whimsical friend. Abbott explains the writer's dedication to the art of fiction and his quest to break beyond the pop culture, hippie label that haunted him until his suicide in1984. Brautigan's tight prose inspired authors such as Haruki Murakami, and his experimentation with the line won him accolades from authors like Ishmael Reed, Raymond Carver, and Michael McClure. His work is highly influential and Abbott draws a clear connection between Brautigan's life and his writing. This book is essential for anyone who is interested in the work of Richard Brautigan. As Raymond Carver wrote, "Truly the best thing I've ever seen written of the man."