Another Roadside Attraction
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Another Roadside Attraction is Tom Robbins' first novel, published in 1971 by Bantam Books, which initiated what has grown to be considered his cult following.
The novel follows the adventures of John Paul Ziller and his wife Amanda, who open a combination hot dog stand and zoo along a highway in Skagit county, Washington. Other characters in this rather oddball novel include Mon Cul the baboon; Marx Marvelous, an educated man from the east coast; and L. Westminster "Plucky" Purcell, a former college football star and sometime dope dealer who accidentally infiltrates a group of Catholic monks working as assassins for the Vatican. In so doing Plucky discovers a secret of monumental proportions dating to the very beginning of Christianity.
In this novel, the author uses nonlinear plot progression in the tone of a diary to express his views on religion and other topics.
A movie treatment was written by Michael Dare and can be found at http://www.disinfotainmenttoday.com/darenet/ara.htm