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Resumen del libro

Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of innocence, is aching to deflower his high-school-age stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about Switters. He doesn't merely pack a pistol. He is a pistol. And as we dog Switters's strangely elevated heels across four continents, in and out of love and danger, discovering in the process the true Third Secret of Fatima, we experience Tom Robbins that fearless storyteller, spiritual renegade, and verbal break dancer at the top of his game. On one level this is a fast-paced CIA adventure story with comic overtones; on another it's a serious novel of ideas that brings the Big Picture into unexpected focus; but perhaps more than anything else, Fierce Invalids is a sexy celebration

Biografía del autor

Tom Robbins es un novelista estadounidense célebre por sus excéntricos personajes, su optimismo retozón y los juegos de palabras autoconscientes. Estrechamente vinculado a los años de la contracultura y a muchas de sus tesis, encontró su voz literaria escribiendo una crítica de un concierto de los Doors y es, en la actualidad, uno de los autores americanos más leídos y vendidos tanto en EE. UU. como en otros países de Europa (Francia, Alemania o Italia, donde ha recibido numerosos premios por parte de los lectores).