The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 [Richard Brautigan]

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The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966

Richard Brautigan

Simon and Schuster, NY 1971. Second Printing. Some wear to the cover, yellowing to text, a bit sunworn. A good reader's copy.

From the publisher:

"A reclusive young man works in a San Francisco library for unpublishable books. Life's losers, an astonishing number of whom seem to be writers, can bring their manuscripts to the library, where they will be welcomed, registered and shelved. They will not be read, but they will be cherished. In comes Vida, with her manuscript. Her book is about her gorgeous body in which she feels uncomfortable. The librarian makes her feel comfortable, and together they live in the back of the library until a trip to Tijuana changes them in ways neither of them had ever expected."

Brautigan is always worth reading, even when you think he's not.