Claim: Bongwater was based on a book by an American writer.
Evidence: Based on the 1995 book of the same name by Michael Hornburg , the film is set in Portland , Oregon , and follows an aspiring artist and marijuana dealer and his relationship with a tempestuous woman he meets through a client.
Michael Hornburg -LRB- born October 31 , 1960 -RRB- is an American writer and literary agent.