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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tom Robbins
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781842430286
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Oldcastle Books Ltd
Imprint No Exit Press
Publication Date 1 April 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'B' format edition of Tom Robbins most recent novel which is being released alongside re-issues 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'

Author Biography

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 Cirriere della Sera. A Southerner by birth, Robbins has lived in and around Seattle since 1962. He is the author of six other novels including Still Life with Woodpecker 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; "In his seventh, and perhaps most complex novel to date, Robbins shines as brilliantly as he has in the past...superb current social commentary,"-New York Post"