Pros: Colorful easy read combined with complex rich imaginative plot!
Cons: Unnecessary snide comments toward Christianity were like pee in pool.
Jitterbug Perfume is the book that I tell friends to read when they indicate to me that they are interested in something a little different, a book off the beaten track, something that is going to take them on an unexpected journey. While Jitterbug ...
Pros: The fact that this story could not only be written, but pulled off so eloquently. Cons: Not my favorite, but definitely classic Tom Robbins.
Jitterbug Perfume is the story of the search for the world's most perfect scent. An epic novel, spanning a millennium, brings us to modern day Paris, Seattle and New Orleans where three perfumers are fated to find that perfect smell, the elixir for...
Pros: Great writing, lots of twists, and it all ties up neatly. Cons: The style can get predictable and maybe annoying to some
Jitterbug Perfume is my favourite Tom Robbins book, and I have read, and love, them all. This book combines Robbins' best storytelling with some very profound ideas about immortality, sexuality (as always) and Robbins' inimicable humour.
Pros: humorous, engaging Cons: too brief on some themes
Religion, evolution, sex & neurochemistry all combine in another humorous and thought provoking Robbins novel. I realize we are supposed to comment on "writing style," but I am not sure there is a way to describe Robbins' style of writing....
Pros: big fun.. only two lines to follow Cons: none really except one plot drags a little at times
As opposed to some of Mr. Robbins' more peripatetic works.. there are only really two main plotlines in this novel. One.. some ancient folks.. who happen to be buddies with the Stinky-but-Horny Goat God Pan (Gotta love an author who makes such things...
Pros: Very entertaining Cons: Not completely realistic
Jitterbug Perfume will remain one of my favorites. The characters and situations are colorful and enticing. This is more of a fantasy novel than your average story. The characters are exaggerated, like most of Robbins' characters. Yet he tells the tale...
Pros: amazing use of language and ideas Cons: having to put it down
As a self ordained Tom Robbins aficionado, I feel I am somewhat qualified to announce Jitterbug Perfume as Robbins' best work. Within this book he manages to combine all of his trademark conventions effortlessly to produce a work unlike any other. His...
Paperback, Another Roadside Attraction What if the Second Coming didn't quite come off as advertised? What if "the Corpse" on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is...
Audio - Compact Disc, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Listeners follow Sissy Hankshaw s odyssey from Virginia to chic Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls, and ecstatic whooping cr...
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