Reviewers have consistently linked Robbins with Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, Kurt Vonnegut, and Richard Brautigan. Robbins, like these authors, writes "metafiction," fiction in which the nature of writing itself is explored.
In Another Roadside Attraction, Robbins frequently addresses the reader directly, commenting on the action of the novel and pointing the reader to his themes. In addition, the structure of the novel is unconventional; the divisions of the novel are not arranged in chronological order, obliging the reader to work at constructing the text.
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