Besides Dreaming of Babylon, he also wrote a "Gothic Western" which describes the encounter between professional killers Cameron and Greer and the illusory titular creature in The Hawkline Monster.
One of this man's novels parodies the detective story genre through the character of private investigator C. Card, who fantasizes about having adventures in Babylon. Besides Dreaming of Babylon, he also wrote a "Gothic Western" which describes the encounter between professional killers Cameron and Greer and the illusory titular creature in The Hawkline Monster. Both books are commonly published along with his first novel, whose title refers to both the grandfather of Lee Mellon, "A Confederate General," and the fictional twelfth member of the Confederacy, "Big Sur." He is more famous, however, for writing about iDEATH, a place where "the deeds were done and done again" in his utopian fantasy In Watermelon Sugar. FTP, name this American author who is best known for writing Trout Fishing in America.
One of this man's novels parodies the detective story genre through the character of private investigator C. Card, who fantasizes about having adventures in Babylon.
Richard Brautigan