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Jitterbug Perfume is an epic.Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn’t conclude until nine o’clock tonight (Paris time).It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle.The bottle is blue, very, very old, and e... Read More about Jitterbug Perfume: A Novel

“This is one of those special novels—a piece of working magic, warm, funny, and sane.”—Thomas PynchonThe 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 ... Read More about Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: A Novel

“Robbins’s comic philosophical musings reveal a flamboyant genius.”—PeopleStill Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict betwee... Read More about Still Life with Woodpecker: A Novel

“Written with a style and humor that haven’t been seen since Mark Twain.”—Los Angeles TimesWhat if the Second Coming didn’t quite come off as advertised? What if “the Corpse” on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is—what does that portend for the future of western civiliz... Read More about Another Roadside Attraction: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings with rare photographs and numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished and published poetry and lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks. You can also hear Jim Morrison’s final poetry recording, now available for the fi... Read More about The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics

An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations....It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins this gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel, in which a bean can philosophizes, a dessert spoon mystifies, a you... Read More about Skinny Legs and All: A Novel