The Hunchback Trout

Richard Brautigan reads from Trout fishing In America.

‘Trout Fishing In America’ Revisited

On Sunday, Richard Brautigan’s groundbreaking 1967 novel “Trout Fishing In America” will be re-released to mark the iconic 1960’s counterculture writer’s 75th birthday.

In this report from NPR, former poet laureate Billy Collins, who wrote the introduction to the re-release, explains why this book was so important.

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