false 9570 18 It's clear that when Robbins sits down to write, he has one thing on his mind: having himself some fun. I read <b>Another Roadside Attraction,</b> years ago, then immediately went back to the beginning of the book and read it again. Robbins holds nothing back in this, his first novel. It's a perfect introduction to the Robbins oeuvre of oddness. 1105820 book 1973 Another Roadside Attraction total:7312|5:2089|4:2775|3:1900|2:444|1:104| 7312 28237 8800 389 3 1 false false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 13:31:50 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 07:50:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 12:48:12 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 11:45:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Thu Mar 20 19:15:34 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 19:19:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 31 15:17:27 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 15:24:07 -0700 2009
Robbins' first novel is less obscure tha...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 03 04:56:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 06:50:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 15:16:02 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 15:24:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 21:30:39 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 21:30:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Apr 07 14:45:54 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 14:49:56 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 23:43:36 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 03:47:43 -0700 2009
I picked up the book used based on a recommendation from a booklist I found online...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Jan 14 08:03:03 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 08:09:03 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jun 15 16:14:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 16:14:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 22:58:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 23:03:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 08:28:28 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 08:35:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 11 09:42:09 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 09:53:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 22:34:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 22:40:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 19:33:13 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 23:04:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:03:02 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:11:29 -0800 2009
Pretty outstanding effort for a first novel, even though Marx Marvelous insists it's a historical account. It is, at times, quite prescient about the economy, religion and the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 17:38:57 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 19 21:29:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 03 22:53:34 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 17:51:29 -0700 2008
Surprisingly (maybe even embarrasingly?) this was the first time I'd read any Tom Robbins. It's easy to see why he is adored by some and loathed by others--he's the kind of writer who has too many quirks and t...more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 15:30:18 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 15:44:35 -0800 2007
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