Itself 'The Montana Gang.' Brautigan was impressed with the machismo and

La Valdene), artists, and musicians often visited. Actors Peter Fonda and his wife Becky (PortiaĬrockett McGuane's ex-wife), Jeff Bridges, and Warren Oates, filmĭirector Sam Peckinpah, cinematographer Michael Butler, and painter Hjortsberg ( Falling Angel)Īnd his wife Marian. Living nearby were writers Jim Harrison ( Farmer) and his wife, and William R. The invitation of writer Thomas McGuane ( 92 in the Shade). Montana, in Paradise Valley, just south of Livingston. Rented tourist cabin at the Pine Creek Lodge and Store in Pine Creek, Power to turn objects and thoughts into whatever amused it.īrautigan wrote The Hawkline Monster in 1972-1973(?) in a Has both good and bad ramifications, turning it into a monster with the Western,' the novel was well received by a wider audience thanĪs in earlier novels, Brautigan played with the idea that imagination The Hawkline Monster was Brautigan's fifth published novelĪnd the first to parody / combine literary genres. In 1974, Pocket issued a box set that included this book,Ī14.6: UK Picador Mass Market Paperback Edition, 1976

'The best selling author's wildly imaginative novle about a mansion, a monster and a Magic Child'. edition.Īt top of cover' 'The best and most lyrical writing he has ever done.//.Don't miss it.'//-Cleveland//Plain Dealerīelow this: author's name (in yellow), 'author of// The//Abortion' (in white)īelow this: 'the hawkline monster' (in orange), First printing also included in a three box set with The Abortion and Revenge of the Lawnīottom 1/3 of cover consists of the the illustration from the first U.S.

Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan