{"product_id":"skinny-legs-and-all-paperback","title":"Skinny Legs and All - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author hailed by \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eas \"one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Hilarious.\"--\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A euphoric wonderwork.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Flat-out fabulous.\"--\u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it's the axis around which \u003ci\u003eSkinny Legs and All \u003c\/i\u003espins, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkinny Legs and All\u003c\/i\u003e deals, in Tom Robbins's audacious manner, with 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the gloriously inventive 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?\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations.... \u003cbr\u003eIt sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins this gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative 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. \u003cbr\u003eSkinny Legs and All deals 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. \u003cbr\u003eIn 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e has been called \"a vital natural resource\" by the \u003ci\u003eOregonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \"one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world\" by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e of London, and \"the most dangerous writer in the world\" by Fernanda Pivano of Italy's \u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e. His works include \u003ci\u003eJitterbug Perfume\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEven Cowgirls Get the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. A Southerner by birth, Tom Robbins lived in and around Seattle from 1962 until he passed away in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.34 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52556106400037,"sku":"9780553377880","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/XL6WLGPpcU9780553377880.webp?v=1781364266","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/skinny-legs-and-all-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}