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The story takes place in San Francisco in the early 1970s. The title character is a papier mache bird that shares the front room of an apartment with a collection of bowling trophies that some time earlier were stolen from the home of the Logan brothers. The human tenants of this apartment are John and Pat, who have just returned from seeing a Greta Garbo movie in a local movie theater. Their neighbors are Bob and Constance, a married couple going through some rough times in their relationship. Because of their failing relationship, Bob becomes depressed. Meanwhile the Logan brothers are looking for their stolen trophies. The brothers have turned their happy life of bowling into a life of vengeance...
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Willard e i suoi trofei di bowling, Richard Brautigan, Pietro Grossi
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- Released
- 2019
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- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €3.09
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- Language
- Italian
- Authors
- Richard Brautigan, Pietro Grossi
- Publisher
- Minimum Fax
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 152
- ISBN10
- 883389049X
- ISBN13
- 9788833890494
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Humor, American Literature, 20th century, Parody
- First published
- 1975
- Original title
- Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- The story takes place in San Francisco in the early 1970s. The title character is a papier mache bird that shares the front room of an apartment with a collection of bowling trophies that some time earlier were stolen from the home of the Logan brothers. The human tenants of this apartment are John and Pat, who have just returned from seeing a Greta Garbo movie in a local movie theater. Their neighbors are Bob and Constance, a married couple going through some rough times in their relationship. Because of their failing relationship, Bob becomes depressed. Meanwhile the Logan brothers are looking for their stolen trophies. The brothers have turned their happy life of bowling into a life of vengeance...