Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins

[dopey]

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Is it any good?

 

[dopey]

Bump. Anyone? What's the deal with Tom Robbins? He's an author I know nothing about.

 

[Thomas]

I guess I could traipse on over to Amazon.com, read the reviews, then mix them up in a creative re-hash that bears no resemblance to anything those reviewers would ever write, and post them here. But if you want actual, thoughtful, hands-on opinions from someone who has actually read the book, I'm not your man.

Sorry.

 

[shoreman1782]

You've never read anything by him before? I'd guess his genre is goofball magical realism.

I've read a few, and preferred Skinny Legs and All and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climes to Jitterbug Perfume.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by shoreman1782

. . . I'd guess his genre is goofball magical realism. . .
Seems like a smart move. I assume that is a field he has to himself, though it is a great big world and maybe there is another goofball magical realism writer. Jitterbug Perfume was highly recommended by a lunch guest, out of my earshot. My wife bought me a copy. I suppose I will start it.

 

[life_interrupts]

+1 on Skinny Legs and All and Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climes. I've not read Jitterbug Perfume. He's out there, highly entertaining, and heavily drenched in music. Definitely worth reading.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by dopey

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Is it any good?

Awesome. Brilliant. Fantastic.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables....

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by grimslade

Awesome. Brilliant. Fantastic.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables....

Were you at my house for lunch?

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by dopey

Were you at my house for lunch?

Well, it wasn't lunch, exactly...

 

[dopey]

I've started it. An odd book, but it is picking up steam. I am enjoying the way disparate threads are beginning to weave together.

 

[chas]

It is excellent. The first 60-80 pages are a bit slow but it picks up steam and is a joy to read.

 

[Soph]

He was good in The Shawshank Redemption

 

[Modernist]

Not bad, well written, humorous and all. But too new-agey and hippy.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by dopey

I've started it. An odd book, but it is picking up steam. I am enjoying the way disparate threads are beginning to weave together.

You kind of just have to roll with it.

 

[dopey]

Finished it yesterday. I enjoyed it. Robbins has an unusual style, which I enjoyed. The plotting was pretty good, too.