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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates( )
Author: Robbins, Tom
ISBN:978-1-84243-028-6
Publication Date:Apr 2001
Publisher:Oldcastle Books, Limited
Imprint:No Exit Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.95
Book Description:

'B' format edition of Tom Robbins most recent,novel which is being released alongside reissues,of 'still Life with Woodpecker' and 'Jitterbug,Perfume' - both also in 'B' format editions.,'tom Robbins has a grasp on things that dazzle the,brain and he's also a world-class storyteller' -,Thomas Pynchon,'In his seventh, and perhaps most complex novel to,date, Robbins shines as brilliantly as he has,in the past...superb social commentary' - New,York Post

Book Details
Pages:422
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure
Fiction / Visionary & Metaphysical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13 x 19.8 cm
Book Weight:0.397 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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