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The Hawkline Monster
- A Gothic Western
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
The time is 1902. The setting, eastern Oregon. Magic Child, a 15-year-old Native American girl, wanders into the wrong whorehouse looking for the right men. She finds Cameron and Greer, two gunmen taking a timeout from the game after an aborted job in Hawaii. Their violent past doesn't concern Magic Child. She wants them to kill a monster for her, one she says lives in the ice caves under the basement of Miss Hawkline's yellow house, and one she says has killed before.
But the more she tells them about the monster, the more her story unravels, until it isn't clear if the monster is even real, or if anything else is.
Richard Brautigan's classic surrealist novel has inspired for decades with its wild, witty, and bizarre encounters with western-themed psychedelia.
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- Norma Miles
- 08-03-23
"Below the basement."
A beautiful woman and her twin sister hire two killers to destroy a monster they believe to be living in the ice cellars below the basement of their isolated house on the plains. But when strange things start to happen, they begin to wonder if the monster has already escaped. Unusual and unexpected, bawdy, and at times amusing, it's silly, qwerky fun with lots of sex.
Jonathan McClain's performance brings atmosphere as well as being easy on the ear.
This weird Western is worth a visit and is currently available as a free download with the Audible Plus programme
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- Chris Miller
- 01-01-23
Surreal & Fun
Really enjoyed this story. If you can get on board with his imagination then this is a good listen.
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- JOD
- 02-12-22
Strange Story
I found this one to be strange, it was good but I wanted a better monster that's all.
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- Kellen M
- 16-09-22
Definitely a tale of the Weird West.
I enjoyed this almost despite myself, due to the droll way with words and the narrator's delightfully deadpan presentation.
There is some content re: the age of female characters in here which is unsavoury by today's standards (& to be honest was probably iffy when the book was published in 1974) so I find it helped to remember that at no point is it ever said that the protagonists are "good guys", just very good at what they do
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- Richard Bevan
- 14-09-22
"Okay...I'm dead now..."
Unexpectedly hilarious! This book really is 9n a league of its own! Fantastic performance too, really brought the wild words to life!
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-08-22
Short Strange funny novel
Had no prior knowledge of Richard Brautigan before I listen to this audio book. Enjoyed it as the characters were very interesting and the whole concept strange and unusual . Very good narration was extremely good. Would deafeningly recommend it and I will be reading more from the author .
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- Phil JFK
- 22-08-22
The Hawkline Monster
This is an excellent reading of one of the very best Richard Brautigan books. Very amusing.
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- M.J.Parry
- 26-05-22
Fantastic
Great novella. Really dark and funny. As always, twists and turns into madness. Highly recommend
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