Super Short Summary

Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel by Richard Brautigan follows a humorist in San Francisco grappling with heartbreak and writer’s block after losing his Japanese girlfriend. Attempting to write, he begins a story about a cold sombrero falling from the sky but quickly discards it. The discarded story inexplicably comes to life, unleashing chaos in a Southwestern town, leading to escalating violence and federal intervention.