Tibetan Peach Pie

A True Account of an Imaginative Life

By: Tom Robbins

Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka

Internationally best-selling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins delivers the long-awaited tale of his wild life and times, both at home and around the globe.

Tom Robbins’ warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels - including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates - provide an entryway into the frontier of his singular imagination. Madcap but sincere, pulsating with strong social and philosophical undercurrents, his irreverent classics have introduced countless fans to natural born hitchhiking cowgirls, born-again monkeys, a philosophizing can of beans, exiled royalty, and problematic redheads.

In Tibetan Peach Pie, Robbins turns that unparalleled literary sensibility inward, stitching together stories of his unconventional life, from his Appalachian childhood to his globetrotting adventures - told in his unique voice that combines the sweet and sly, the spiritual and earthy. The grandchild of Baptist preachers, Robbins would become over the course of half a century a poet-interruptus, an air force weatherman, a radio DJ, an art-critic-turned-psychedelic-journeyman, a world-famous novelist, and a counter-culture hero, leading a life as unlikely, magical, and bizarre as those of his quixotic characters.

Robbins offers intimate snapshots of Appalachia during the Great Depression, the West Coast during the '60s psychedelic revolution, international roving before homeland security monitored our travels, and New York publishing when it still relied on trees. Written with the big-hearted comedy and mesmerizing linguistic invention for which he is known, Tibetan Peach Pie is an invitation into the private world of a literary legend.

©2014 Thomas E. Robbins (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers

Amazing autobiography!

Would you listen to Tibetan Peach Pie again? Why?

Some parts of this autobiography are absolutely fascinating. Robbins is as fabulous as his characters.

What other book might you compare Tibetan Peach Pie to and why?

This book stands on its own and this cannot really be compared to other autobiographies.

Which character – as performed by Keith Szarabajka – was your favorite?

Robbins, obviously!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Extremely interesting, sometimes surprising. It makes me want to meet Robbins.

Any additional comments?

If you want to be a writer, this is an autobiography that must read.

Great book, very well read!

A must read for any Robbins fan, extremely inspiring. Keith Szarabajka provides exceptional narration! Strong recommendation…

Such a fantastic writer!

if you have liked any of his books, you will enjoy this and find it really interesting and comical as always.

Loved it - and I've never even read Tom Robbins.

Packed full of entertaining, good natured anecdotes and philosophies from an exceptionally fully lived life.
You don't need to be a Tom fan - or even have read his books - to enjoy this.
Narration is perfect, can't imagine a better match for this book.

Informative

Cool learning about the author and his life. Differently a wild ride it has been.

Outstanding!

This was a real treat. If you’re a fan of his work, you’ll not be disappointed by this clever contemplation of his own life. Thanks, Tom, for always leaving me with a smile.

Best voice over reader

Tom Robbins is an incredibly great writer. I bought this Audible version of this book and I use it to fall asleep. Sometimes I miss parts and so I back track. You can pick it up anywhere because he tells his life in vignettes. I have listened to different sections probably 3 times.
Buy It , you won't be disappointed.

Himself a worthy character in his body of work

Despite the fact that this is not another of Robbins' concoctions of myth, fiction, and the more interesting aspects of reality, it scratches the same itches as his novels. One distraction: Tom, we love you; you don't have to burnish your rep with us (and you know who we are), and as for detractors, well, give them a chance to come around in time. Excellent narration.

Great fun. Especially for Robbins fans.

Even if you aren't a fan this is an enjoyable book. But I especially loved the extra spice it gives to his writing to see how his life and stories intersect.

Amazing

Very nicely read enjoyed hearing about my favorite authors life hard to read in man’s voice in my head lol