Tom Robbins, American writer (born 1932)

Thomas Eugene Robbins was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies". Robbins had lived in La Conner, Washington, since 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. His last work, published in 2014, was Tibetan Peach Pie, a self-declared "un-memoir".

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