The Ski Bum is a novel by Lithuanian-French author Romain Gary (1914–1980).

The French translation was published in 1969 under the title Adieu Gary Cooper.

The novel tells the story of Lenni, a 21-year-old boy escaping from America, his country of birth, to pursue his dreams in the Alpine mountains of Switzerland.

A film adaptation was released in 1971, starring Zalman King and Charlotte Rampling.

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