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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...

• Richard Brautigan
• Published 1975 September 15th by New York: Simon and Schuster (first published 1970 January 1st)
• ISBN: 0671220659
• ISBN13: 9780671220655
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• 3.85 2994 ratings
• 258 reviews