Another Roadside Attraction
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 Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Tom Robbins |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Released | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 400 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-553-34948-1 |
Another Roadside Attraction is Tom Robbins' first novel, published in 1971 by Doubleday, which initiated what has grown to be considered his cult following.
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[edit] Plot summary
The novel follows the adventures of John Paul Ziller and his wife Amanda, who open "Captain Kendrick's Memorial Hot Dog Wildlife Preserve," a combination hot dog stand and zoo along a highway in Skagit County, Washington. Other characters in this rather oddball novel include Mon Cul the baboon; Marx Marvelous, an educated man from the east coast; and L. Westminster "Plucky" Purcell, a former college football star and sometime dope dealer who accidentally infiltrates a group of Catholic monks working as assassins for the Vatican. In so doing Plucky discovers a secret of monumental proportions dating to the very beginning of Christianity.
[edit] Literary significance & criticism
In this novel, the author uses nonlinear plot progression in the tone of a diary to express his views on religion and other topics. His humorous, scathing and insightful perceptions of those who swirl past the main characters has great comedic value. The book is a cultural icon for the "Children of the Sixties."
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
A movie treatment was written by Michael Dare and can be found at http://www.dareland.com/ara.htm
[edit] Publication history
- Hardcover published in 1971 by Doubleday
- Paperback ISBN 0-345-02770-1 (ISBN13 978-0-345-02770-2) published in 1972 by Ballantine Books
| The works of Tom Robbins |
| 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) |
