The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer
Subtitle: Hobbies, Collecting, and Other Passionate Pursuits
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: August 24, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781416575207
Subjects: General; Popular Culture - General; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Political Science / General; Psychology : Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Social Science / Popular Culture; Social Science : Popular Culture - General; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology
First sentence: As a youngster in Queens, New York, Doug Fishbone assumed he would grow up to be a doctor "because that was in the rhythm of the household and my father was a surgeon."