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  • A Confederate General from Big Sur

  • By: Richard Brautigan
  • Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
  • Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (83 ratings)

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A Confederate General from Big Sur

By: Richard Brautigan
Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
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Publisher's summary

California, 1957. Lee Mellon believes he is the descendant of the only Confederate general to have come from Big Sur and is himself a seeker of truth in his own modern-day war against the status quo.

For the first time in audio, A Confederate General from Big Sur was the late Richard Brautigan's first published novel, written when he was 28.

©1964 Richard Brautigan (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Fun story - audio is fine

Genuinely funny, different than a typical beau story. The audio is not missing anything as another reviewer said.

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was pretty good

I was expecting a little history lesson but it's a silly story. I enjoyed it. It's an interesting perspective. I recommend it.

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Still weirdly magical

I first read this in 1970 or 71 and found it enchanting, mystifying and sometimes disturbing. Nothing has changed since then.

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Broken audio file

**Edit: checked again May 2019 and now the audio works fine throughout.**

There is a whole hour of audio that is missing in the middle starting around 1:54:00.

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Excellent…

I wish it hadn’t taken me 57 years of life to come across this. Even then, I downloaded this on a whim because the title was interesting and I thought, “It’s only 3.5 hours.” Well…thank you, Whim…for stepping in and giving me such a good idea. Wonderful piece of work. Now I have a bit more to look forward to.

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