Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Q: Who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"?

"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" was written by Tom Robbins. He 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.

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Starring Sissy Hanshaw-flawlessly beautiful, almost. A small-town girl with big-time dreams and a quirk to match-hitchhiking her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping bags…

Featuring Bonanza Jellybean and the smooth-riding cowgirls of Rubber Rose Ranch. Chink; a lascivious guru of yams and yang. Julian; a Mohawk by birth; asthmatic aesthete and husband by disposition. Dr. Robbins, preventive psychiatrist and reality instructor…

Follow Sissy’s amazing odyssey from Virginia to chic Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls, and ecstatic whooping cranes explode in a deliciously drawn-out climax…

Davina McCall and Tim Smit, from Eden project, both count a Tom Robbins novel as their favourite book
Over 150,000 copies sold by No Exit Press alone
Tom Robbins is a major bestseller and has a worldwide cult

Category: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback

RRP: £14.99

ISBN: 9781842430248

Published: November 22, 2001

Extent: 384 pages

Reviews

‘Tom Robbins has a grasp on things that dazzles the brain and he’s a world-class storyteller’

Thomas Pynchon

‘This is one of those special novels… a piece of working magic, warm, funny, and sad – that you just want to ride off into the sunset with’

Thomas Pynchon

‘The best fiction, so far, to come out of the American counterculture’

Chicago Tribune Book World

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What is "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" about?

Starring Sissy Hanshaw-flawlessly beautiful, almost. A small-town girl with big-time dreams and a quirk to match-hitchhiking her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping bags...

Follow Sissy's amazing odyssey from Virginia to chic Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls, and ecstatic whooping cranes explode in a deliciously drawn-out climax...

Davina McCall and Tim Smit, from Eden project, both count a Tom Robbins novel as their favourite book
Over 150,000 copies sold by No Exit Press alone
Tom Robbins is a major bestseller and has a worldwide cult

Who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"?

"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" was written by Tom Robbins.

He 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.

Who would enjoy "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"?

"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" is perfect for readers who enjoy books about modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945).

Tom Robbins

He 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.

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