Known for his meaty seriocomic novels, Tom Robbins’s shorter work has appeared in publications ranging from "Esquire" to "Harper’s," from "Playboy" to the "New York Times." Collected here for the first time in paperback, the essays, articles, observations—and even some untypical co[...]

Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins delivers the long awaited tale of his wild life and times, both at home and around the globe.Tom Robbins' warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels--including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home Fro[...]

Still Life with Woodpecker is 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 contem[...]

What if the Second Coming didn't quite come off as advertised? What if "the Corpse" on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is--what does that portent for the future of western civilization? And what if a young clairvoyant named Amanda reestablishes the flea circus as popul[...]

When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you — an ambitious, although ineffectual and not entirely ethical young broker — are

convinced you're facing the Weekend from Hell. Before the market reopens on Monday, you're going to have to scramble and scheme to c[...]

Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of innocence, is aching to deflower his high-school-age stepsist[...]

Reminiscent of "Wiseguy," "Mob Boss "is a compelling biography from two prominent mob experts recounting the life and times of the first acting boss of an American Mafia family to turn government witness
Alfonso "Little Al" D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese crime family, was the high[...]

This is an illuminating collection of interviews with one of the foremost voices of literary counterculture, Tom Robbins. Since the publication of "Another Roadside Attraction" in 1971, Tom Robbins (b. 1932) has become known as the principal voice of American countercultural fiction. His cult celebr[...]

Follow Sissy's amazing odyssey from Virginia to chic Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls and estatic whooping cranes explode in a deliciously drawn-out climax.[...]

A collection of non-fiction essays and short fiction, subjects range from an ode to redheads, kissing, Diane Keaton, Leonard Cohen, tomato sandwiches and "The Doors" - to musings, travel essays and art critiques, from short stories to poems and country song lyrics.[...]