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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Read carefully once”
- Signed
- Yes
- Original Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780553107753
- Book Title
- Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Visionary & Metaphysical, General, Action & Adventure
- Item Weight
- 26.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
About this product
Product Information
"Tom Robbins has a grasp on things that dazzles the brain and he's also a world-class storyteller." --Thomas Pynchon InFierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, his seventh and biggest novel, the wise, witty, always gutsy Tom Robbins brings onstage the most complex and compelling character he has ever created. 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 robust bon vivant who can be as squeamish as any fop, 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, Robbins explores, challenges, mocks, and celebrates virtually every major aspect of our mercurial era. As many readers well know, to describe a Tom Robbins plot does not begin to describe a Tom Robbins novel. Moreover, the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author, with his love of language, nuance, and surprise, is as opposed to story summations as J.D. Salinger. It is revealing, however, to learn what things Robbins lists as having influenced the writing ofFierce Invalids: "This book was inspired by an entry from Bruce Chatwin's journal, by a CIA agent I met in Southeast Asia, by the mystery surrounding the lost prophecy of the Virgin of Fatima, by the increasing evidence that the interplay of opposites is the engine that runs the universe, and by embroidered memories of old Terry and the Pirates comic books." Robbins also has said that throughout the writing ofFierce Invalids Home From Hot Climateshe was guided by the advice of Julia Child: "Learn to handle hot things. Keep your knives sharp. Above all, have a good time." Perhaps that is why he has managed to write a provocative, rascally novel that takes no prisoners--and yet is upbeat, romantic, meaningful, adventurous, edifying, and fun.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553107755
ISBN-13
9780553107753
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1674446
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Visionary & Metaphysical, General, Action & Adventure
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
26.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"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
Lccn
99-051683
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Lc Classification Number
Ps3568.O233f54 2000
Copyright Date
2000
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