Jitterbug Perfume

A Novel

A Novel

By Tom Robbins

By Tom Robbins

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Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
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    About Jitterbug Perfume

    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 actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left.

    About Jitterbug Perfume

    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 actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left.

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    Praise

    "Jitterbug Perfume has a large and  exotic cast of characters, all of whom are interested  in immortality and/or perfume… Go see for  yourself; you’ll have a good time."—Washington Post

    “Robbins again celebrates the joy of individual expression and self-reliance. He lays before us the time honored warts and hairs of the world’s philosophies—problems with religion, war, politics, family, marriage and sex—and leaves no twist or turn unstoned. —Saturday Review

    About Tom Robbins

    Tom Robbins has been called “a vital natural resource” by the Oregonian, “one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world” by the Financial Times of London, and “the most dangerous writer in the world today” by Fernanda Pivano of Italy’s Corriere… More about Tom Robbins

    About Tom Robbins

    Tom Robbins has been called “a vital natural resource” by the Oregonian, “one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world” by the Financial Times of London, and “the most dangerous writer in the world today” by Fernanda Pivano of Italy’s Corriere… More about Tom Robbins

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Bantam
    Apr 01, 1990 | 352 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780553348989

    Ebook
    Published by Bantam
    Jun 17, 2003 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9780553897920

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