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Title: Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins ISBN: 0-553-37788-4 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (86 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Please don't call him wacky (you'd be missing the point)
Comment: Tom Robbins takes creative writing to the spiritual. He is themad shaman of the sentence. If you give a damn about color, love,touching, art, the creative process, if you are aware enough to feel the echoes from a time long past when the earth was sacred, when men knew more about female anatomy than harddrives and batting averages, when stars meant something, if you've ever faced the blank, virgin canvas and found out who you were or weren't, if you've ever felt like an alien on Superbowl Sunday then
'Skinny Legs & All' will profoundly move you. It might even change your life. At very least, Tom Robbins will ruin reading for you -- suddenly everything else seems like soggy iceburg lettuce. 'Skinny Legs & All' is the best novel I've ever read. It costs less than a stupid pizza, do yourself a favor.
ps I also HIGHLY recommend 'Jitterbug Perfume' (I have to say this because it's the most beautiful book I've ever read and I noticed that someone here gave it a negative recommendation and I just can't keep my mouth shut when I hear someone proclaim the earth to be flat)
Rating: 5
Summary: Robbins' Finest Work
Comment: I don't care what anyone says, this is by far Tom Robbins' finst novel. There is such imagination and absurdity entwined with profound philosophy that you absolutely won't be able to put this book down. The sensuality of Salome, the inner conflicts of Ellen Cherry, and the sheer genius of the course of events will stand out in your mind for many many months following the piece. Upon reading, I actually found myself stopping and pondering each new concept as far as my mind would allow me. Robbins has a well-rounded approach to introducing his thoughts on society, religion, politics, etc. etc. etc. without the typical boredom that comes with this type of philosophical banter.
I've read all of Robbins' work and this is by far my favorite. I recommend reading this before any of his other works. it will seduce, intrigue, and excite you in ways that books legally shouldn't.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perhaps his best work to date (2004)
Comment: I have read all of Mr. Robbins' works except Villa Incognito (on its way to me now), and this particular novel is a step above the rest, at least for me. While a bunch of people I know had trouble with the turkey, the sock, the spoon and the bent can, I can't begin to say how much I enjoyed seeing them meshed into a wonderful story that includes a satirical statement on the condition of the NYC art world, the Dance of the Seven Veils vs a football game, and especially a microcosmic view of the neverending conflict in the mideast shown in the gentlest of fashions. For anyone who has a great ability for suspension of disbelief, this gem truly sparkles. And then there is Turn Around Norman...truly inspired, possibly a real guy (is he, Mr. Robbins?)
Buy it now.
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Title: Jitterbug Perfume by TOM ROBBINS ISBN: 0553348981 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins ISBN: 0553377876 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins ISBN: 055334949X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins ISBN: 0553349481 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins ISBN: 0553348973 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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