Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
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Author: Tom RobbinsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-04-01
ISBN: 0553348981
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Bantam
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- ISBN13: 9780553348989
- Condition: New
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Book Review: "Magnolia" would be a good comparison (ironically enough)
Summary: 3 Stars
Albeit this is my first Tom Robbins novel, and I did enjoy the romp through history and learned a lot about botanicals, but about midway through the book, I found myself asking "What IS this all about?" The book is funny, bawdy, well thought out with intersting philosphies throughout, and Robbins IS a master of wordplay and unique metaphors. But like P.T. Anderson's mess of a film "Magnolia", it weaves a lot of grand IDEAS without having that much of a concrete plot. Either Robbin's editor pared it down to the point where major sections of the book are missing, or Robbins himself couldn't pull it off. The last fifty pages or so are where the plot "comes together in the end", but in my opinion, it needs to be more. Too little, too late for what otherwise could be a true epic of a novel, with little explanation of character's motivations in some parts (who is the Jamaican jasmine dealer supposed to be, and WHY is he there?), or too obtuse to get (I still don't see what the point of the perfume which ties the story together is other than to cover up the scent of Pan, whom a major character throughout the first 2/3 of the novel is dropped by the wayside for the rest). Funny, clever, but not the grand tome it intends to be.
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