- Paperback: 422 pages
- Publisher: Bantam USA; Reprint edition (Nov 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553377884
- ISBN-13: 978-0553377880
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,082,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations…
It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it’s the axis around which spins Tom Robbins’s gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative new novel, 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 Palestine—while the illusions that obscure humanity’s view of the true universe fall away, one by one, like Salome’s veils.
Skinny Legs and All deals, in Robbins’s audacious manner, with today’s most sensitive issues: race, politics, marriage, art, religion, money, and lust. It weaves lyrically through what some call the “end days 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.
In the gloriously inventive Tom 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?
It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it’s the axis around which spins Tom Robbins’s gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative new novel, 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 Palestine—while the illusions that obscure humanity’s view of the true universe fall away, one by one, like Salome’s veils.
Skinny Legs and All deals, in Robbins’s audacious manner, with today’s most sensitive issues: race, politics, marriage, art, religion, money, and lust. It weaves lyrically through what some call the “end days 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.
In the gloriously inventive Tom 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?
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Robbins best book,
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This review is from: Skinny Legs and All (Paperback)
In my opinion this is Mr Robbins best book to date. Though I always enjoy his crackerbox language, Skinny Legs and All is the book where he leaves his trite plot line of "lushious young vixen falls for older guru" behind and actually creates, not only mystical and surreal enchantment, but also real people. As for the plot line itself, an Arab and a Jew open up a restaurant together across from the United Nations, an artist struggles with her inner and outer demons, and a sock, a can of soup, a conchshell, a stick and last but not least a spoon, make their way to The Holy Land. As usual in Mr Robbins books, there is a good dose of the history of religion. To be taken with a grain of salt perhaps, but providing interesting insights into the background of the Middle Eastern conflict non the less. All in all, a most enjoyable and thought provoking book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
After I found Tom Robbins, I gave up crack!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Skinny Legs and All (Paperback)
Somewhere I read that Tom Robbins' work has been compared to a good acid trip. When you start, everything is a little strange (and getting stranger). Inanimate objects become protangonists and reality subsides into a thick haze of enlightened confusion. Suddenly, you reach a euphoric crechendo and shake hands with Buddha as you are overcome with insight. Then of course, from that day on, nothing ever looks the same. I have read all of this lovely man's books many times and it has always been my conviction that Skinny Legs and All is the most potent. It would make a great movie, however, it may be an insurmountable challenge to cast the starring roles (although I hear that Joey Lawrence is available) of a can of beans, a conch shell, a painted stick, and a dirty sock. Everybody must read this book. There's nudity! Yay!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite Robbins book...,
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This review is from: Skinny Legs and All (Paperback)
I happened upon the reviews that have already been written and since this is my favourite Tom Robbins book and he is my favourite author, I felt compelled to write another review to counter the half-hearted ones. While his books are not an easy read, if you can open your mind to a challenge, you too may feel this book needs 5 stars.
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