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The Hawkline Monster
The Hawkline Monster
Author: Richard Brautigan
ISBN: 391050
Pages: 188
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Pocket Book
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed The Hawkline Monster on + 301 more book reviews
This is a strange little book. Hard to categorize. If it were a painting it would be some sort of modern art with identifiable objects but not quite representational. The writing style suits it with lean, straight-forward prose. Not sorry I read it, but I'm not too sure what I thought of it either.
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A gothic western.
CocoCee avatar reviewed The Hawkline Monster on + 404 more book reviews
From the back of the book...

The time is 1902. The setting, eastern Oregon. The action begins when Magic Child, a fifteen-year-old Indian girl of surprising sophistication and accomplishment, wanders into the wrong whorehouse looking for the right men - the men who will kill the monster that lives in the ice caves under the basement of Miss Hawkline's cold yellow house...
devonnegess avatar reviewed The Hawkline Monster on
I had to read this one for a class. I actually really enjoyed it. The language is very straightforward, which I enjoy and all the characters are very interesting. I love how things are not as they seem and it is a very quick read.