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Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates ~ Tom Robbins TRADE PB NICE!
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Located in: Ballwin, Missouri, United States
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller notes
- “Cover is strong. Interior is good”
- Original Language
- English
- Vintage
- Yes
- Personalize
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Era
- 1990s
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780553379334
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
055337933X
ISBN-13
9780553379334
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309732793
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates : a Novel
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Visionary & Metaphysical, Literary, Action & Adventure, Humorous / General
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Superb."- New York Post "As clever and witty a novel as anyone has written in a long time ... The plot is sustained by [Robbins's] usual virtuoso writing and brilliant flashes of insight. ... Robbins takes readers on a wild, delightful ride. ... A delight from beginning to end.-- Buffalo News "Dangerous? Wicked? Forbidden? You bet. ... Pour yourself a bowl of chips and dig in."- Daily News , New York "Robbins is a great writer ... and definitely a provocative rascal."- The Tennessean "Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction never read a Tom Robbins novel. ... Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals."- San Diego Union-Tribune, "Superb."-New York Post "As clever and witty a novel as anyone has written in a long time ... The plot is sustained by [Robbins's] usual virtuoso writing and brilliant flashes of insight. ... Robbins takes readers on a wild, delightful ride. ... A delight from beginning to end.--Buffalo News "Dangerous? Wicked? Forbidden? You bet. ... Pour yourself a bowl of chips and dig in."-Daily News, New York "Robbins is a great writer ... and definitely a provocative rascal."-The Tennessean "Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction never read a Tom Robbins novel. ... Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals."-San Diego Union-Tribune, "Superb."- New York Post "As clever and witty a novel as anyone has written in a long time ... The plot is sustained by [Robbins's] usual virtuoso writing and brilliant flashes of insight. ... Robbins takes readers on a wild, delightful ride. ... A delight from beginning to end.-- Buffalo News "Dangerous? Wicked? Forbidden? You bet. ... Pour yourself a bowl of chips and dig in."- Daily News , New York "Robbins is a great writer ... and definitely a provocative rascal."- The Tennessean "Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction never read a Tom Robbins novel. ... Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals."- San Diego Union-Tribune From the Trade Paperback edition., "Superb." --New York Post "As clever and witty a novel as anyone has written in a long time ... The plot is sustained by [Robbins's] usual virtuoso writing and brilliant flashes of insight. ... Robbins takes readers on a wild, delightful ride. ... A delight from beginning to end." --Buffalo News "Dangerous? Wicked? Forbidden? You bet. ... Pour yourself a bowl of chips and dig in." --Daily News, New York "Robbins is a great writer ... and definitely a provocative rascal." --The Tennessean "Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction never read a Tom Robbins novel. ... Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals." --The San Diego Union-Tribune
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
A "deranged and delightful concoction" ( Fortune ) about a CIA agent with uniquely peculiar proclivities, from the New York Times bestselling author of Still Life with Woodpecker "Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals."-- The San Diego Union-Tribune 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 stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about Switters. He doesn't merely pack a pistol. He is a pistol. And as we dog Switters's strangely elevated heels across four continents, in and out of love and danger, discovering in the process the "true" Third Secret of Fatima, we experience Tom Robbins--that fearless storyteller, spiritual renegade, and verbal break dancer--at the top of his game. On one level this is a fast-paced CIA adventure story with comic overtones; on another it's a serious novel of ideas that brings the Big Picture into unexpected focus; but perhaps more than anything else, Fierce Invalids is a sexy celebration of language and life., "As clever and witty a novel as anyone has written in a long time . . . Robbins takes readers on a wild, delightful ride. . . . A delight from beginning to end."-- Buffalo News 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 stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about Switters. He doesn't merely pack a pistol. He is a pistol. And as we dog Switters's strangely elevated heels across four continents, in and out of love and danger, discovering in the process the "true" Third Secret of Fatima, we experience Tom Robbins--that fearless storyteller, spiritual renegade, and verbal break dancer--at the top of his game. On one level this is a fast-paced CIA adventure story with comic overtones; on another it's a serious novel of ideas that brings the Big Picture into unexpected focus; but perhaps more than anything else, Fierce Invalids is a sexy celebration of language and life. Praise for Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates "Superb." -- New York Post "Dangerous? Wicked? Forbidden? You bet. . . . Pour yourself a bowl of chips and dig in." -- Daily News , New York "Robbins is a great writer . . . and definitely a provocative rascal." -- The Tennessean "Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction never read a Tom Robbins novel. . . Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals." -- San Diego Union-Tribune
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