Jitterbug Perfume


Jitterbug Perfume
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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 ... (more)
Manufacturer : Bantam
Release date : 1 April 1990
ISBN-10 : 0553348981 | ISBN-13: 9780553348989
Fiction (3), PC (1), Romance (1), Humor (1), TSP (1)
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30 days of books (36 books items)

"Day 28 - Favorite book from your favorite author Jitterbug Perfume is Tom Robbins' epic, taking place over multiple centuries among 4 separate storylines. The central(ish) character, King Alobar, gets confronted with death and rejects the idea, preferring instead to dedicate his time to learning how to cheat death until he's properly ready to face it. Brilliance follows. (Technically, if I had to pick just one, this would be my all-time favorite book. Fortunately I don't have to, so I've placed"