Author | Michael Hornburg |
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Cover artist | John Gall |
Language | English |
Genre | Novel, roman à clef |
Published | April 30, 1995 (Grove Press) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 189 |
ISBN | 978-0-802-11510-2 |
OCLC | 761469724 |
Bongwater is a 1995 American debut novel by Michael Hornburg.[1] Utilizing two different narrative perspectives, it follows a drug dealer and his counterculture friends in Portland, Oregon, as well as his tempestuous ex-girlfriend who has fled to New York City after the dissolution of their short-lived relationship.
The novel was adapted into a 1998 film of the same name[2] starring Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, and Brittany Murphy.