Trout Fishing in America
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| Author | Richard Brautigan |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novella |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
| Released | 1967 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-385-28860-3 (hardback edition)& ISBN 0-395-50076-1 (paperback edition) |
- For the band Trout Fishing in America, see Trout Fishing in America (band).
Trout Fishing in America is a novella published by Richard Brautigan in 1967. This is Brautigan's first novel. He wrote it before A Confederate General From Big Sur which was published first. The phrase "Trout Fishing in America" is used in multiple ways: It is the title of the book, a character, a hotel, the act of fishing itself, a modifier (there is a character named Trout Fishing in America Shorty), etc. Trout Fishing in America is an abstract book without a clear central storyline. Instead, the book contains a series of anecdotes broken into chapters, with the same characters often reappearing from story to story. Several symbolic objects, such as a mayonnaise jar, reappear throughout the book.
[edit] Allusions/references from other works
W. P. Kinsella cited it as a major influence on his 1985 book, The Alligator Report.[citation needed]
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