Tom Robbins

Explores the art and world of a jeweler who incorporated images and material from popular culture in his work, published on the occasion of an exhibition and tour organized by the Tacoma Art Museum, which opened in Tacoma, Washington, September through November 1997. Includes a foreword by novelist

Villa Incognito is a novel by Tom Robbins published in 2003. The author opens the novel with the line, "It has been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute.", as the reader is introduced to a Japanese ancestor spirit, named Tanuki, that is similar in appearance to a badger.