Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
Author: Robbins, Tom
ISBN: 9780553377873
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Dec 1995
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Get ready for P#8220;the ride of your lifeP#8221; (Plt;iPgt;Entertainment WeeklyPlt;/iPgt;) with this blazingly original novel from the Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author hailed by Plt;iPgt;Financial Times Plt;/iPgt;as P#8220;one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world.P#8221;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Tom Robbins has proved he is the emperor of description, the master of metaphor, the sultan of simileP#8212;the man is like Jackson Pollock with a word processor.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;San Antonio CurrentPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, youP#8212;an ambitious, although ineffectual and not entirely ethical young brokerP#8212;are convinced that youP#8217;re facing the Weekend from Hell. Before the market reopens on Monday, youP#8217;re going to have to scramble and scheme to cover your butt, but thereP#8217;s no way you can anticipate the baffling disappearance of a 300-pound psychic, the fall from grace of a born-again monkey, or the intrusion in your life of a tattooed stranger intent on blowing your mind and most of your fuses. Over these fateful three days, you will be forced to confront everything from mysterious African rituals to legendary amphibians, from tarot-card bombshells to street violence, from your own sexuality to outer space.
ISBN: 9780553377873
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Dec 1995
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Get ready for P#8220;the ride of your lifeP#8221; (Plt;iPgt;Entertainment WeeklyPlt;/iPgt;) with this blazingly original novel from the Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author hailed by Plt;iPgt;Financial Times Plt;/iPgt;as P#8220;one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world.P#8221;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Tom Robbins has proved he is the emperor of description, the master of metaphor, the sultan of simileP#8212;the man is like Jackson Pollock with a word processor.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;San Antonio CurrentPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, youP#8212;an ambitious, although ineffectual and not entirely ethical young brokerP#8212;are convinced that youP#8217;re facing the Weekend from Hell. Before the market reopens on Monday, youP#8217;re going to have to scramble and scheme to cover your butt, but thereP#8217;s no way you can anticipate the baffling disappearance of a 300-pound psychic, the fall from grace of a born-again monkey, or the intrusion in your life of a tattooed stranger intent on blowing your mind and most of your fuses. Over these fateful three days, you will be forced to confront everything from mysterious African rituals to legendary amphibians, from tarot-card bombshells to street violence, from your own sexuality to outer space.
