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Tom Robbins
Thomas Eugene "Tom" Robbins (born July 22, 1936) is an American author. His novels are abstract, often wild stories with strong social undercurrents, a satirical bent, and obscure details. He is probably best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976), which was made into a movie in...
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Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction is Tom Robbins' first novel, published in 1971 by Doubleday, which initiated what has grown to be considered his cult following.
The novel follows the adventures of John Paul Ziller and his wife Amanda—lovable prophetess...
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- 1971
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- 15386
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1976 novel by Tom Robbins.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues tells the story of Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with a mutation (though she would not call it a defect nor a mutation; she would call it a gift) giving her...
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- 1976
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- 15385
Jitterbug Perfume
Jitterbug Perfume is Tom Robbins' fourth novel, published in 1984. The major themes of the book include the striving for immortality, the meaning behind the sense of smell, individual expression, self-reliance, sex, love, and religion. Beets and the...
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- 1984
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- 15384
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Still Life with Woodpecker
Still Life With Woodpecker (1980) is the third novel by Tom Robbins, concerning the love affair between an environmentalist princess and an outlaw. As with most of Robbins' books, it encompasses a broad range of topics, from aliens and redheads to...
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- 1980
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- 15382
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates is Tom Robbins' seventh and longest novel, first published in 2000.
Invalids follows Switters, our wheelchair-bound protagonist, across four continents, in and out of love and danger. Through Switters, Robbins ...
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Wild Ducks Flying Backward
Wild Ducks Flying Backward is Tom Robbins' book, published on August 30, 2005. It is an anthology of poems, short stories, essays, reviews, and other brief writings over Robbins' career.
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Skinny Legs and All
Skinny Legs and All, novelist Tom Robbins' fifth book, was published in 1990 by Bantam Books. As are all of Robbins' creations, it is a lyrical and complex work weaving disparate and seemingly unrelated themes into one narrative.
The opening scene...
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- 1990
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Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
One of Tom Robbins' less well-known novels, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas was published in 1994 by Bantam Books. Like Robbins' other books, the plot involves an eclectic mix of characters and complicated scenarios, and mixes the mundane with the...
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Villa Incognito
Bantam Doubleday Dell (US) and Random House (Australia) published Villa Incognito in April and June 2003, respectively. One of the most quoted lines from the book is the very first, setting the tone for this Tom Robbins adventure: "It has been...
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Misunderstanding Cults
Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field was edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins. The book was published by University of Toronto Press, on December 1, 2001 and includes contributions from ten religious,...
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- Dec 1, 2001
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The Quiet Center
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