About the Author

Tom Robbins has been called "a vital natural resource" by The Portland Oregonian, "one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world" by the FT, 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. He is the author of six other novels including Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates and Another Roadside Attraction.

Reviews

"Tom Robbins has a grasp on things that dazzles the brain and he's also a world-class storyteller." - Thomas Pynchon"