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Wild Ducks Flying Backward

Large Format Trade Paperback

Tom Robbins

Market: Collections & Anthologies Of Various Literary Forms
Pub Date: August 2005
Extent: 256pp
Format: Royal (234 x 156mm)
Binding: Paperback
Price: 12.99
ISBN: 1842431447
Territory: UK & Commonwealth excl. Canada, Australia & New Zealand
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  • Tom Robbins has an incredibly strong and loyal fan base that eagerly await each new work
  • Tom Robbins is No Exit's strongest backlist seller
  • His last novel, Villa Incognito was very successful

    • From beloved and best-selling novelist Tom Robbins comes a collection of non-fiction essays and short fiction, many in print for the first time ever! From tributes such as 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 - this is a real treat for Tom's numerous and loyal fans.

    CRITICAL ACCLAIM

    "...one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world..." - The Financial Times

    "...a thoroughly postmodern guru..." - Independent On Sunday

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


    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. His novels include Another Roadside Attraction, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, Jitterbug Perfume, Still Life With Woodpecker, Skinny Legs And All, Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas and Villa Incognito.
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