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Wild Ducks Flying Backward

Wild Ducks Flying Backward

Tom Robbins

A collection of short fiction and non-fictional essays, many appearing in print for the first time, from legendary humorist and all-round literary behemoth Tom Robbins. Tributes, musings, art critiques and poems dealing with everything from Leonard Cohen to tomato sandwiches flit deftly across the pages as the writer who counts Thomas Pynchon among his numerous fans works his m...

Publisher:
Pocket Essentials
Year of publication:
2006
ISBN:
978-1-84243-171-9
Pages:
256
12,50 €
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A collection of short fiction and non-fictional essays, many appearing in print for the first time, from legendary humorist and all-round literary behemoth Tom Robbins. Tributes, musings, art critiques and poems dealing with everything from Leonard Cohen to tomato sandwiches flit deftly across the pages as the writer who counts Thomas Pynchon among his numerous fans works his magic once again.

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