num_pages: 158
description: The story takes place in San Francisco, California in the early 1970s. The title character is a papier mache bird that shares the front room of a San Francisco 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 bowling trophies stolen three years earlier. The brothers have turned their happy life of bowling into a life of vengeance.
language: English
title: Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery
titlecomplete: Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Mystery, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Fantasy
ratings_count: 2727
publisher: Pocket