SOMBRERO FALLOUT

by Richard Brautigan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 17, 1976

There's more to life than meets the eye."" In books. Some books. Brautigan's books? which aren't really books--just whimsical annotations in the form of vignettelets. This one, subtitled ""A Japanese Novel"" and dedicated to Tanizaki isn't really very willow-patterned. It's about an American humorist, ""dashing tears forth"" after his pretty Japanese lover of two years, a psychiatrist, leaves him and he's left alone--tearing up pieces of paper and dropping them in a wastebasket where they look like origami or vacillating between a hamburger and a tuna fish sandwich. Outside in San Francisco, however, all hell breaks loose in the form of a disorderly riot with national repercussions. Oh yes, that sombrero, size 7fl--it drops to earth in the first paragraph. Is it your size? after all Brautigan hasn't really changed his since the first novel or two. This is just a little book with the pretty phrases and the pieces of paper--they're either in your hand or down there. Mostly it's just a kind of sentimental seppuku for those that are still around.

Pub Date: Sept. 17, 1976

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1976

Categories: FICTION