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Transformation, liberation and celebration are the themes of all my novels.

Tom Robbins

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Tom Robbins
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
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Blowing Rock
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Thomas Eugene Robbins
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Our world isn't made of earth, air and water or even molecules and atoms our world is made of language.
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