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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues( )
Author: Robbins, Tom
ISBN:978-1-84243-024-8
Publication Date:Oct 2001
Publisher:Oldcastle Books, Limited
Imprint:No Exit Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.95
Book Description:

'this is one of those special novels - a piece of,working magic, warm funny and sane - that you just,want to ride off into the sunset with' - Thomas,Pynchon,Long-awaited new edition of classic Robbins novel,that is still as fresh now as when originally,published. Starring Sissy Hanshaw - flawlessly,beautiful, almost - a small-time girl with,big-time dreams and a thumb to match, you'll oh so,easily find her hitchhiking her way into your,heart, your hopes and your sleeping bag.,Delicious.

Book Details
Pages:366
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Westerns
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.8 x 19.8 cm
Book Weight:0.262 Kilograms
Author Biography
Robbins, Tom (Author)
Tom Robbins is a writer, novelist, editor, and journalist. He was born in Blowing Rock, North Carolina on July 22, 1936. Robbins studied journalism at Washington and Lee for two years and later graduated from the Richmond Professional Institute in 1961. He attended the Graduate School of Far Eastern Studies at the University of Washington.

From 1957 to 1960, Robbins served in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Korea as a meteorologist. During his years in the service he took courses in Japanese culture and aesthetics in Tokyo. After the military, Robbins took a job as a copy editor at the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Robbins later worked as feature editor and art critic at the Seattle Times and part time at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Robbins published the novel, Another Roadside Attraction in 1971. Other books include Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Still Life With Woodpecker. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was made into a 1996 film directed by Gus Van Sant. Robbins has also acted in such films as Made in Heaven and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. A documentary entitled, Tom Robbins: A Writer in the Rain was made in 1997. In 2014, his title Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

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