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Still Life with Woodpecker

by Tom Robbins

Still Life with Woodpecker Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Still Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads.

Review:

“Robbins’s comic philosophical musings reveal a flamboyant genius.—People

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About the Author

Tom Robbins has been called “a vital natural resource” by The Oregonian, “one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world” by the Financial Times of London, and “the most dangerous writer in the world today” by Fernanda Pivano of Italy’s Corriere della Sera. A Southerner by birth, Robbins has lived in and around Seattle since 1962.
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lila, December 13, 2006 (view all comments by lila)
The best of all Tom Robbins novels. I read it when I was 19 years old and it saved my life. I reread it often and always smile when I think about how, at 19, I truly believed that it saved my life.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553348972
Author:
Robbins, Tom
Publisher:
Bantam
Author:
Robbins, Tom
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Man-woman relationships
Subject:
Young women
Subject:
American fiction
Subject:
Humorous stories, American
Subject:
Revolutionaries
Subject:
Humorous fiction
Subject:
Anarchists
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Revolutionaries -- Fiction.
Edition Description:
Bantam trade paperback reissue.
Series Volume:
no. 13
Publication Date:
April 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.30x5.17x.75 in. .53 lbs.
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