Skinny Legs and All
Author: Robbins, Tom
ISBN: 9780553377880
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Jan 1996
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
A reissue of a favorite from New York Times bestselling author Tom Robbins to coincide with the novella B Is for Beer, to be published by Ecco in February 2009.
Plt;bPgt;A gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel from the Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author hailed by Plt;iPgt;Financial Times Plt;/iPgt;as P#8220;one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the worldP#8221;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Hilarious.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;Milwaukee JournalPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;A euphoric wonderwork.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;Los Angeles TimesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Flat-out fabulous.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;PlayboyPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations. . . . Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but itP#8217;s the axis around which Plt;iPgt;Skinny Legs and All Plt;/iPgt;spins, in which a bean can philosophizes, a dessert spoon mystifies, a young waitress takes on the New York art world, and a rowdy redneck welder discovers the lost god of PalestineP#8212;while the illusions that obscure humanityP#8217;s view of the true universe fall away, one by one, like SalomeP#8217;s veils.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Skinny Legs and AllPlt;/iPgt; deals, in Tom RobbinsP#8217;s audacious manner, with race, politics, marriage, art, religion, money, and lust. It weaves lyrically through what some call the P#8220;end daysP#8221; of our planet. Refusing to avert its gaze from the horrors of the apocalypse, it also refuses to let the alleged end of the world spoil its mood. And its mood is defiantly upbeat.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In the gloriously inventive Robbins style, here are characters, phrases, stories, and ideas that dance together on the page, wild and sexy, like Salome herself. Or was it Jezebel?
ISBN: 9780553377880
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Jan 1996
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
A reissue of a favorite from New York Times bestselling author Tom Robbins to coincide with the novella B Is for Beer, to be published by Ecco in February 2009.
Plt;bPgt;A gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel from the Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author hailed by Plt;iPgt;Financial Times Plt;/iPgt;as P#8220;one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the worldP#8221;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Hilarious.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;Milwaukee JournalPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;A euphoric wonderwork.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;Los Angeles TimesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Flat-out fabulous.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;PlayboyPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations. . . . Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but itP#8217;s the axis around which Plt;iPgt;Skinny Legs and All Plt;/iPgt;spins, in which a bean can philosophizes, a dessert spoon mystifies, a young waitress takes on the New York art world, and a rowdy redneck welder discovers the lost god of PalestineP#8212;while the illusions that obscure humanityP#8217;s view of the true universe fall away, one by one, like SalomeP#8217;s veils.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Skinny Legs and AllPlt;/iPgt; deals, in Tom RobbinsP#8217;s audacious manner, with race, politics, marriage, art, religion, money, and lust. It weaves lyrically through what some call the P#8220;end daysP#8221; of our planet. Refusing to avert its gaze from the horrors of the apocalypse, it also refuses to let the alleged end of the world spoil its mood. And its mood is defiantly upbeat.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In the gloriously inventive Robbins style, here are characters, phrases, stories, and ideas that dance together on the page, wild and sexy, like Salome herself. Or was it Jezebel?
