Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel

Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel is Richard Brautigan's seventh novel, completed in 1975 it was published the following year.

Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel
First edition
AuthorRichard Brautigan
Cover artistJohn Ansado
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages187
ISBN0-671-22331-3
OCLC2213273
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.B826 So PS3503.R2736

Sombrero Fallout is a novel which follows two stories. The first revolves around a humorist in San Francisco in 1972 trying to cope with the recent loss of his Japanese lover, which includes various dreams the ex-lover is having. During a particular fit, the author becomes dissatisfied with a story he had just begun about a sombrero falling from the sky. This story eventually takes on a life of its own, including a heroic cameo appearance by Norman Mailer.

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The 2012 Canongate edition includes an introduction by Jarvis Cocker who chose the book to accompany him on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2005.

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  1. ^ www.fantasticfiction.co.uk Retrieved 2014-04-17.
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