Robbins’ fourth novel features his usual verbal gymnastics, but unlike Another Roadside Attraction, the puns and metaphors don’t seem stretched and unnatural like a Chinese contortionist but fold almost seamlessly like an energetic yogi into the story. Basically, I was in prime position to enjoy Jitterbug Perfume to the fullest. I was experimenting with food combining, hiking mountains, meditation, sage burning and dabbing amber on my wrists. Jitterbug Perfume was the perfect fictional companion to Campbell’s non-fiction. He was most definitely a righteous representative of Robbins’ work.Īt about the same time (1988) I’d discovered Joseph Campbell and was soaking up his book Myths to Live By. He had a gorgeous Georgia drawl and a gold dragon ringed around his right index finger. I remembered it as a life changing book that I first encountered at the age of 24 when it was recommended to me by a man twice my age who, wearing a sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice on the back, also introduced me to wine and food pairing (Chateau d’Yquem with magic mushrooms). After my recent reread of Tom Robbins’ Another Roadside Attraction, I was apprehensive about rereading Jitterbug Perfume.
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