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Jitterbug Perfume | 
 enlarge | Author: Tom Robbins
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Rating:  181 reviews
Sales Rank: 6530
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0553348981
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553348989
ASIN: 0553348981
Publication Date: April 1, 1990
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Product Description
Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight [Paris time]. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle is actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon becaused it is leaking and there is only a drop of two left.
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Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight [Paris time]. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle is actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon becaused it is leaking and there is only a drop of two left.
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 Best Book. Ever. September 5, 2008
W. Maegan Bell (Little Rock, AR)
I love this book.
It was given to me by a girl i met when i was living in california. I was 14 at the time and didn't pick it up again until i was about 16 or so. I started reading it and was immediately captivated. I am always to surprised look in the front and see that his books were written back when...but they are still so relevant!! Ever since then anyone i have let borrow a Tom Robbins book has become an instant fan. All his works are great, but this one will always be my favorite.
Huge fun. Has strong opinions on religion which I like, others may not. September 3, 2008
Desbo (CA)
A hoot to read. I liked this one better than others he has written. In some ways it gently bashes organized religions, which I appreciated, but others may not.
wonderful August 14, 2008
Barry Solomon (Gainesville, FL United States)
If you like tom robbins you will love this. If you like smelling things you will like this.
 jitter bugaboo August 8, 2008
Elvera Evangelista (Blue Ridge Mountains, NC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I borrowed this book from a friend and was constantly teetering on outrage and howling with laughter throughout. Some of the things he says, can be just downright sexist, but it's so absurd you have to laugh. The story line is pagan to the core and I can see it being quite offensive to some. But I was delighted with Mr. Robbins word play and the unique way he managed to make beets the central aspect of a story. His immortal characters are much more engaging than the present day seekers of a certain scent, but given it's flaws, this book is a witty and provocative read.
 A Major Disappointment July 3, 2008
RC Phng Ngyn (Laurel, MD USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A coworker recommended this book to me, and after school finished and summer arrived, I picked it up with enthusiasm, expecting the best of absurdist comedy, in the same vain as Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to ensue. After 342 pages however, about 112 pages too long, I was disappointed. Which is to say, a book spanning over a thousand years, on a quest for immorality and perfume, dealing with death, love, and the afterlife, this book simply fell flat. While Robbins's book does have its moments, nothing is memorable and the author comes off as desperately annoying. One of the major flaws is that Mr. Robbins does not know how to control his characters, or simply put, he does not know his characters. While we do come to know a handful of characters, they are caricatures instead that do whatever the author wills, such as compulsive sex scenes. In the end, we come to see them as flat and we can't help but become indifferent to what they do, since they are so random and without personhood. Furthermore, while Robbins does try to add depth to this novel, displaying his philosophy on life and the human condition, his message falls under partly didactic and partially unclear, becoming a hodgepodge of a dialogue between 1960 hippies culture and various world religions. Overall, this book was an unsavory waste of time by an author who while proclaimed prolific comes off instead as pathetic.
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