Tom Robbins

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Tom Robbins is a writer of comic novels, which are often experimental in form and subject. Many of his books have satirical, political, and erotic elements.

Works written by Tom Robbins include:

• Another Roadside Attraction (1971)
• Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1976)
• Still Life With Woodpecker (1980)
• Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
• Skinny Legs And All (1990)
• Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas (1994)
• Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates (2000)
• Villa Incognito (2003)
• Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005) — a collection of non-fiction essays, reviews, and short stories.
• B Is For Beer (2009)

Tom Robbins provides examples of the following tropes:

• Author Appeal: Heterosexual anal sex is in many of the books.
• Author Filibuster: Usually in a hilarious way.
• The Film of the Book: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
• Foot Focus: Skinny Legs and All.
• Heroes Want Redheads: Still Life with Woodpecker.
• Immortal Procreation Clause: Jitterbug Perfume
• Lemony Narrator: Most of his books.
• Narrator All Along: Another Roadside Attraction
• Perfectly Arranged Marriage: Jitterbug Perfume
• Second Person Narration: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
• The Verse: Some crossover characters are mentioned between books, and Ellen Cherry Charles, the main character of Skinny Legs and All, has a cameo in the earlier Jitterbug Perfume.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Lampshaded in Still Life with Woodpecker
• Zip Me Up: Jitterbug Perfume