Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

by Tom Robbins

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Book Overview: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

“This is one of those special novels–a piece of working magic, warm, funny, and sane.”–Thomas Pynchon

The whooping crane rustlers are girls. Young girls. Cowgirls, as a matter of fact, all “bursting with dimples and hormones”–and the FBI has never seen anything quite like them. Yet their rebellion at the Rubber Rose Ranch is almost overshadowed by the arrival of the legendary Sissy Hankshaw, a white-trash goddess literally born to hitchhike, and the freest female of them all.

Freedom, its prizes and its prices, is a major theme of Tom Robbins’s classic tale of eccentric adventure. As his robust characters attempt to turn the tables on fate, the reader is drawn along on a tragicomic joyride across the badlands of sexuality, wild rivers of language, and the frontiers of the mind.

Product Information

ISBN-13	9780553349498
ISBN-10	055334949X
Publisher	Bantam
Publication Date	1990
Edition	Reissue
Language	en
Pages	384
Dimensions	in x in x in
Weight	lbs

Editorial Reviews

"This is one of those special novels–a piece of working magic, warm, funny, and sane–that you just want to ride off into the sunset with." -Thomas Pynchon

"The best fiction, so far, to come out of the American counterculture." — Chicago Tribune Book World

" Even Cowgirls Get the Blues comes as a magical gift, a brilliant affirmation of private visions and private wishes and their power to transform life and death." — The Nation

About the Author

Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins is a renowned American novelist known for his eclectic style and farcical narratives. Born on July 22, 1936, in North Carolina, Robbins attended Washington and Lee University before embarking on careers in journalism and radio broadcasting. He gained critical acclaim for his surrealist, humorous writing style in novels such as “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Still Life with Woodpecker.” Robbins’ books, often filled with philosophical insights and eccentric characters, have garnered a cult following. Despite often tackling profound thematic elements, his work maintains a playful and humorous tone, carving a unique niche in modern American literature.