Tom Robbins writes comic literary fiction full of digression, wordplay and characters who resist ordinary expectations about work, love and society. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues follows Sissy Hankshaw, born with unusually large thumbs and drawn into hitchhiking, modelling and an all-woman ranch. Jitterbug Perfume connects several storylines across centuries through perfume, immortality and the pursuit of a particular scent, while Still Life with Woodpecker pairs romance with anarchic philosophy and absurd situations. Robbins's plots are loose and deliberately eccentric, with sentences, jokes and philosophical asides often more important than realism. His work fits countercultural fiction, comic literary fiction and surreal contemporary novels, particularly for readers who enjoy playful prose and unconventional narrative logic. Read more Less
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