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Jitterbug Perfume

Tom Robbins

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Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins "I read JitterBug Perfume because I had read another book by Tom Robbins called Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates. I thought that Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates was just hilarious, so I read JitterBug Perfume. I guess in a nutshell it's kind of about a couple who discovers the secret to immortality which involves a sensualness and a special kind of perfume that they work hard to develop. There's so much fun in this book. It's so crazy; this author will -- has a tendency to do this personification thing where he'll take -- totally aside from this main topic. Somebody brushes their teeth and instead of describing that the character's thinking, he'll describe what the toothbrush is thinking. I guess if you're not in the mood for the wild, crazy writing style, then you can just put it down and come back to it when you're more in the mood for it. I could see how the writing style could get annoying after a while; but when it got annoying to me, I just put it down. This book, JitterBug Perfume is actually my favorite by Tom Robbins. I read -- ended up reading five or six in total, but this one's my favorite because it has -- the plot matches more precisely the feeling of fun. There is no way I would ever let my teenager read this book! Seriously, it has way too many references to sexual things, and the attitude about it is really too casual I think. I give it five stars. I just loved it. It's silly -- it's totally silly, but I really love this book."