Tom Robbins appeared at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Highlands Ranch, Colorado Monday night to read passages from his new autobiography, Tibetan Peach Pie, and to autograph copies of the book for his fans. The place was packed, and although I have never read any of his books, I must say I was impressed with some of his humorous anecdotes. Evidently about 15 years after Still Life With Woodpecker was published, a Connecticut writer called the FBI and told them it was obvious from reading the book that Robbins was The Unabomber. It didn't help that a friend at the Seattle Times wrote a tongue-in-cheek column pondering whether it might be true that Robbins was the Unabomber and publishing a photograph of Robbins, in sunglasses and a hoodie, that exactly matched a sketch of the suspect. The FBI was not amused, and soon interviewed him (after staking out his house for a week or so). Luckily for Robbins, Ted Kaczynski - Evergreen Park, Illinois's own -was soon arrested for the crime. I also learned Monday night that Robbins, hero of the counterculture, will be 82 years old next month. Talk about scary. Time is moving just a little too fast these days.
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