Who is Tom Robbins?
Tom Robbins is an American novelist known for his complex, surreal, and well-researched books. He has only written a handful of novels since his career began in the 1970s, but all of them are highly acclaimed and carefully crafted. Tom Robbins’ style is characterized by precise, if bizarre, word choice and by themes involving social commentary and enhanced states of consciousness, be it through drugs, mysticism, or religion. Tom Robbins has also produced a collection of his shorter works, Wild Ducks Flying Backwards, published in 2005. His second novel, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976), was adapted into a film by Gus Van Sant and starring Uma Thurman in 1996. Tom Robbins was born Thomas Eugene Robbins on 22 July 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. He began studying journalism at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia in 1954, but left shortly afterwards due to disciplinary problems. Tom Robbins relocated to New York City, where he hoped to start a career as a poet. He
