Hawkline Monster

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Richard Brautigan: Hawkline Monster (1974, Simon & Schuster)

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Published June 6, 1974 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-99974-0-499-2
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The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western is a novel by Richard Brautigan first published in 1974. The novel is his fifth published novel, and a parody of Western and Gothic novels.

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Funny and creepy and silly all at once

Short and really funny. Silly and weird yet down-to-earth.

The prose is solidly conversational, yet has this slight whimsy that kind of makes fun of itself. It's like it's a good example and a parody at the same time.

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