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Still Life with Woodpecker (Paperback)

by Tom Robbins (Author)
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One of Robbins most popular novels, this is a sort of 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, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What ever happened to the golden ball?, May 10 2008
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This novel is the absolute perfect blend of comedy, romance, adventure and philosophy. Tom Robbins' masterpiece examination of objectification and love, how the two are inseparable, and how "everything is a part of it," speaks true even today, some twenty years after he wrote it. This is the all-important story of two redhead rejects, one an outlaw and one a princess of a small American-occupied country, who fall in love and create explosions. From its synopsis, it might not seem like much, but Robbins has a knack for packing his novels full of much more subtext than the plot line alone can describe.

Hopeless romantics like me, look out... despite its rare, sometimes gory approach to to the question of how to make love stay, you won't be able to stop reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing still about this great book, Mar 30 2005
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*Still Life With Woodpecker* is a hilariously funny book about two insane people in love. Bernard M. Wrangle and Leigh-Cheri both move to Hawaii for two different reasons. Leigh-Cheri was visiting Hawaii because she wanted to attend a banquet for environmentalist, and on the way there she meets Bernard. Bernard is a pyromaniac who runs around with sticks of dynamite strapped to his chest. He enjoys lighting fires and blowing up buildings in his spare time. This dynamic duo runs amuck through the Island. Soon the couple falls madly in love with one another and Leigh-Cheri asks Bernard to come back home with her to meet her family. They all have dinner together and it turns out to be a complete bust, her parents hate him and they end up turning him into the FBI. Bernard is in jail now and Leigh-Cheri gets completely depressed and ends up locking herself in her room and comes up with some crazy ideas about the world. Another book I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed was Jackson McCrae's THE CHILDREN'S CORNER which is both disturbing and funny in places. Highly recommended for those with a pulse.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Study of Redheads, Jul 5 2004
By Amanda Richards "Modest to the extreme" (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This is a light and entertaining book from a word-play genius. What is amazing is the way he weaves so many stories into a tidy, compact little package - almost the size of a pack of cigarettes, as a matter of fact.

This is a story about a tarnished princess, an outlaw bomber with bad teeth, a scene stealing if somewhat undomesticated loyal servant, toads - both real and plastic, an exiled King and his "Oh-Oh, spaghetti-o" Queen, a CIA not-so-secret agent, an outraged Middle Eastern playboy, blackberries, Camels, Ralph Nader, pyramids and aliens from Argon.

What more could you possibly want in a book?

Tom Robbins has a genuine talent for words and puns, and those with active funny bones will be tickled throughout. His casual use of words like "slishy" and phrases like "I have a black belt in haiku" abound, to be discovered with unbridled delight.

This is a book to be enjoyed within one lunar cycle without fear of repercussions.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Oscar Wilde in a bong
If you're looking for a smooth romance story then move on. The plot is a drug crazed raving which serves as a meagre bookshelf for Robbins to display his mastery of the absurd... Lisez davantage
Published on Jul 5 2004 by Robin Rheaume

5.0 out of 5 stars Sexy and Hilarious
Still Life With Woodpecker is a love story about an exiled princess and a crazy bomber in Hawaii. Definitely one of my top ten favorite novels of all time; it is kooky, weird,... Lisez davantage
Published on Jun 24 2004 by Melissa McCauley

5.0 out of 5 stars An Experimental Absurdist Masterwork Of A Novel!
Tom Robbins is perhaps one of the most winsome and unforgettable novelist of the late 20th century. In a series of absurdist novels, he has memorably stretched the boundaries of... Lisez davantage
Published on Jun 3 2004 by Barron Laycock

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best In A While...
When a writer can spiderweb philosophy, comedy, romance, genius, and suspense, and make it look like an accident... he places up towards amazing in my book. Lisez davantage
Published on May 23 2004 by Lindsay Rego

4.0 out of 5 stars Great wordsmithing
It appears that four out of five people did not find this review helpful. That does not sit well with me because I would hope above all else to be helpful in my reviews; so I... Lisez davantage
Published on May 7 2004 by B. M. Chapman

2.0 out of 5 stars Had possibilities
Tom Robbins is in need of a braver editor or a stronger writing coach. Some of what he says is truly clever, such as "I have a black belt in haiku. Lisez davantage
Published on Mar 23 2004 by A. Reader

1.0 out of 5 stars Please excuse me while I hurl...
This book was absolutely horrible. I found it wedged in a crevice next to my rack. Looks like somebody forgot to throw it away. Lisez davantage
Published on Feb 15 2004 by Jason S. Southworth

5.0 out of 5 stars being a redhead...
I was recommended this book by a dear friend who, on seeing my mane of bright red hair for the first time, simply handed me the book with a smile on her face. Lisez davantage
Published on Jan 13 2004 by K. Lyng

3.0 out of 5 stars A sort of love story...
Still Life With Woodpecker represents the best and worst of Tom Robbins. The throwaway plot and the characatures that inhabit the Robbins written world can be incredibly tiresome... Lisez davantage
Published on Dec 10 2003 by D. Scharlach

4.0 out of 5 stars Read it by the light of the moon...
Tom Robbins, in his own quirky, psychedelic style attempts to share with his readers his purpose for the moon, as well as how (if it is possible at all) to make love stay. Lisez davantage
Published on Nov 12 2003 by Jerry L. McGahagin

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