Revenge of the Lawn : Stories 1962-1970

Author(s): Brautigan, Richard,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 18/09/2014,
Pagination: 160 pages,
Series: Canons,
Imprint: Canongate Canons,
Published By: Canongate Books,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
Dimensions: 199 x 131 x 10
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781782113782

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Revenge of the Lawn is Richard Brautigan in miniature and contains no fewer than 62 ultra-short stories set mainly in Tacoma, Washington (where the author grew up) and in the flower-powered San Francisco of the late fifties and early sixties. In their compacted form, which ranges from the murderously short 'The Scarlatti Tilt' to one-page wonders like the sexually poignant poetry of 'An Unlimited Supply of 35 Millimetre Film', Brautigan's stories take us into a world where his fleeting glimpses of everyday strangeness leave stories and characters resonating in our heads long after they're gone.