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Trout Fishing in America was excellent. It was my first Brautigan read and just plain old delightfully crass and naive. His first person other person is at once dumb and factual, yet simultaneously clean and efficient at describing the context (not always a place) of his mental pinballing. Good fun. I laughed out loud a lot, while wishing I could have another with me to take in the absurd hilarity. I will throw up a quote now...so I can laugh again...sorry if it is pure confusion.
"He was careful to see that the jar did not overflow and the precious Kool-Aid spill out onto the ground. When the jar was full he turned the water off with a sudden but delicate motion like a brain surgeon removing a disordered portion of the imagination. Then he screwed the lid tightly onto the top of the jar and gave it a good shake. The first part of the ceremony was over.
Like the inspired priest of an exotic cult, he had performed the first part of the ceremony well."
Trout Fishing in America was excellent. It was my first Brautigan read and just plain old delightfully crass and naive. His first person other person is at once dumb and factual, yet simultaneously clean and efficient at describing the context (not always a place) of his mental pinballing. Good fun. I laughed out loud a lot, while wishing I could have another with me to take in the absurd hilarity. I will throw up a quote now...so I can laugh again...sorry if it is pure confusion.
"He was careful to see that the jar did not overflow and the precious Kool-Aid spill out onto the ground. When the jar was full he turned the water off with a sudden but delicate motion like a brain surgeon removing a disordered portion of the imagination. Then he screwed the lid tightly onto the top of the jar and gave it a good shake. The first part of the ceremony was over.
Like the inspired priest of an exotic cult, he had performed the first part of the ceremony well."
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