Published in Great Britain in 2017 by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2017 by Canongate Books
Copyright © Richard Brautigan, 1977
The moral right of the author has been asserted
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eISBN 978 1 78689 045 0
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This one is for Helen Brannwith love from Richard.
I guess one of the reasonsthat I’ve never beena very good private detectiveis that I spend too much timedreaming of Babylon.
Contents
A World Renowned Expert on Socks
Good-bye, Oil Wells in Rhode Island