Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins
Imagine that there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. Imagine that there is a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women have shared a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore. Imagine just those things (don't even try to imagine the love story) and you'll have a foretaste of Tom Robbins's eighth and perhaps most beautifully crafted novel-a work as timeless as myth yet as topical as the latest international threat. On one level, this is a book about identity, masquerade and disguise-about 'the false moustache of the world'-but neither the mists of Laos nor the smog of Bangkok, neither the overcast of Seattle nor the fog of San Francisco, neither the murk of the intelligence community nor the mummery of the circus can obscure the linguistic phosphor that illuminates the pages of Villa Incognito. A female fan once wrote to Tom Robbins: 'Your books make me think, they make me laugh, they make me horny and they make me aware of the wonder of everything in life.'
Funny, challenging and mystical * The Daily Mail *
Robbins' latest salad of absurdist drama, philosophical musings and observational comedy -- Laurence Phelan * The Independent *
fans will lap it up -- Chris Power * The Times *
what his view of American foreign policy is verges on the unknowable -- Emma Hagestadt * The Independent *
a surreal parable written from the perspective of a southeast Asian badger -- Alfred Hickling * The Guardian *
Robbins' latest salad of absurdist drama, philosophical musings and observational comedy -- Laurence Phelan * The Independent *
fans will lap it up -- Chris Power * The Times *
what his view of American foreign policy is verges on the unknowable -- Emma Hagestadt * The Independent *
a surreal parable written from the perspective of a southeast Asian badger -- Alfred Hickling * The Guardian *
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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| ISBN 13 | 9781842431016 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842431013 |
| Title | Villa Incognito |
| Author | Tom Robbins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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