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Book cover of "The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western" by Richard Brautigan, featuring a bright green revolver and purple background with a bullet breaking through the right edge.
The Hawkline Monster
by Richard Brautigan

Publication Details

Type: Book
Publisher: Canongate

Reading Details

Pages: 171

Reading History

1st read June 16, 2026 Lawrence, Kansas (US)

Highlights

First Paragraph:

They crouched with their rifles in the pineapple field, watching a man teach his son how to ride a horse. It was the summer of 1902 in Hawaii.

Tags

Literary Fiction Western
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