Another Roadside Attraction - Softcover

Tom Robbins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842431293 ISBN 13: 9781842431290

Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

What if the Second Coming didn't quite come off as advertised? What if the Corpse on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is - what does that portend for the future of western civilisation? And what if a young clairvoyant named Amanda re-establishes the flea circus as popular entertainment and fert

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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 Publisher:

"What if the Second Coming didn't quite come off as advertised? What if "the Corpse" on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is--what does that portent for the future of 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 tells 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 eating a literary hotdog and eroding the borders of the mind.

"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: Oldcastle Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1842431293
• ISBN 13: 9781842431290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366