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The
2005 Award
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Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Imagine
there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War.
Imagine that there is a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women share a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore. But no matter how hard you try, you'll never imagine what you'll find inside the Villa Incognito: a tilt-a-whirl of identity, masquerade, and disguise that dares to pull off "the false moustache of the world" and reveal the even greater mystery underneath. For neither the mists of Laos nor the Bangkok, neither the overcast of Seattle nor the fog of San Francisco, neither the murk of the intelligence community nor the mummery of the circus can obscure the linguistic phosphor that illuminates the pages of Villa Incognito. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Tom Robbins, maverick author of eight juicy, daring and sagacious novels, is one of those rare writers who approach rock-star status, attracting SRO crowds at his personal appearances in Europe and Australia as well as in the United States. He lives primarily in the Seattle area. |
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