Wild Ducks Flying Backward

ISBN: 0553383531

Author: Robbins, Tom

Condition: New

Known for his meaty seriocomic novels, Tom Robbinss shorter work has appeared in publications ranging from Esquire to Harpers, from Playboy to the New York Times. Collected here for the first time in paperback, the essays, articles, observations-and even some untypical country-music lyrics-offer a rare overview of the eclectic sensibility of an American original.Whether rocking with the Doors, depoliticizing Picassos Guernica, lamenting the angst-ridden state of contemporary literature, or drooling over tomato sandwiches and a species of womanhood he calls the genius waitress, Tom Robbinss briefer writings exhibit the five traits that perhaps best characterize his novels: an imaginative wit, a cheerfully brash disregard for convention, a sweetly nasty eroticism, a mystical but keenly observant eye, and an irrepressible love of language. Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation. Wherever you open Wild Ducks Flying Backward, youll encounter the serious playfulness that percolates from the mind of a self-described romantic Zen hedonist and stray dog in the banquet halls of culture.