Still Life with Woodpecker A Novel [Paperback]

“Robbins’s comic philosophical musings reveal a flamboyant genius.”—People

Still Life with Woodpeckeris 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 between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads.“Robbins’s comic philosophical musings reveal a flamboyant genius.”—People
Tom Robbins has been called “a vital natural resource” byThe Oregonian, “one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world” by theFinancial Timesof London, and “the most dangerous writer in the world today” by Fernanda Pivano of Italy’s Corriere della Sera. A Southerner by birth, Robbins has lived in and around Seattle since 1962.If this typewriter can't do it, then f*** it, it can't be done.

This is the all-new Remington SL3, the machine that answers the question, Which is harder, trying to readThe Brothers Karamazovwhile listening to Stevie Wonder records or hunting for Easter eggs on a typewriter keyboard?   This is the cherry on top of the cowgirl.  The burger served by the genius waitress.  The Empress card.

I sense that the novel of my dreams is in the Remington SL3--although it writes much faster than I can spell.  And no matter that my typing finger was pinched last week by a giant land crab.  This baby speaks electric Shakespeare at the slightest provocation and will rap out a page and a half if you just look at it hard.

What are you looking for in a typewriter? the salesman asked.

Something more than words, I repliedl3>