Another Roadside Attraction - Softcover

Robbins, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345292456 ISBN 13: 9780345292452

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1980

Synopsis

What if the Second Coming didnâ t quite come off as advertised? What if â the Corpseâ on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it isâ what does that portend for the future f western civilization? And what if a young clairvoyant named Amanda reestablishes the flea circus as popular entertainment and fertility worship as the principal religious form of our high-tech age? Another Roadside Attraction answers those questions and a lot more. It tell us, for example, what the sixties were truly all about, not by reporting on the psychedelic decade but by recreating it, from the inside out. In the process, this stunningly original seriocomic thriller is fully capable of simultaneously eating a literary hot dog and eroding the borders of the mind.

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Review:

It's clear that when Robbins sits down to write, he has one thing on his mind: having himself some fun. I read Another Roadside Attraction, 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.

From the Back Cover:

"Written with a style and humor that haven't been seen since Mark Twain . . . it is a prize."--Los Angeles Times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0345292456
• ISBN 13: 9780345292452
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 337