"Richard Brautigan was a literary idol of the 1960sand 1970s whose comic genius and iconoclastic vision of American life caught the imagination of young people everywhere. He came to age during the Haight-Ashbury period and has been called "the last of the Beats." His early books were required reading for the hip generation, and on its publication Trout Fishing in America became an interantional bestseller. An indescribable romp, the novel is best summed up in one word: mayonnaise. This new edition includes an introduction by the poet Billy Collins, who first encountered Brautigan's work as a student in California." -- cover, p. [4].
The cover for trout fishing in America -- Knock on wood (part one) -- Knock on wood (part two) -- Red lip -- The kool-aid wino -- Another method of making walnut catsup -- Prologue to Grider Creek -- Grider Creek -- The ballet for trout fishing in America -- A Walden pond for winos -- Tom Martin Creek -- Sea, sea rider -- The last year the trout came up Hayman Creek -- Trout death by port wine -- The autopsy of trout fishing in America -- The Message -- Trout fishing in America terrorists -- Trout fishing in America with the FBI -- Worsewick -- The shipping of trout fishing in America Shorty to Nelson Algren -- The mayor of the twentieth century -- On paradise -- The cabinet of Dr. Caligari -- The Salt Creek coyotes -- The Hunchback trout -- The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader' -- Footnote chapter to "The shipping of trout fishing in America Shorty to Nelson Algren" -- The Pudding master of Standley Basin -- Room 208, Hotel Trout Fishing in America --The surgeon -- A note on the camping craze that is currently sweeping America -- A return to the cover of this book -- The Lake Josephus days -- Trout fishing on the street of eternity -- The towel -- Sandbox minus John Dillinger equals what? -- The last time I saw trout fishing in America Shorty -- Witness for trout fishing in American peace -- Footnote chapter to "Red Lip" -- The Cleveland wrecking yard -- A half-Sunday homage to a whole Leonardo da Vinci -- Trout fishing in America nib --Prelude to the mayonnaise chapter -- The mayonnaise chapter.