As always, Tom Robbins exhibits his enduring passion for language whilst taking the opportunity to spruce up his material since their original publish date

Intimate, enlightening, and always spicy, Robbins delivers a quick slap and a juicy kiss.

Favorite sections:
Stories, Poems & Lyrics
Musings & Critiques

It took me three years, but I finally finished this slow, uninteresting book. It had some small glimmers of clever (I don’t want to say genius) here and there, such as writing about his impressions of the people of Nevada, with their hats, but mostly, it was a slog to get through.

What a scamp. Isn't he just the best?

This is one of Tom Robbins worst books, but I treasure each one so it still gets 5 stars. If you're only planning to read one, let it not be this one.

I liked him a lot when I read him in the 70s. His writing has not aged that well. Though I thoroughly enjoyed his essay titled "Why Do You Live Where You Live?" It was so fun to read. Almost poetry.

Ben burnout olmuşum da o an dediklerimi kaleme almışlar gibi hissettirdi ve bu hissi hiç sevmedim ya da bazı kitapları kültüre ve kişiye aşina olmadan okumamak gerekiyormuş. Bittiği için mutlu hissediyor ve iyi gecelerimi iletiyorum tüm dünyaya

"No kiss is ever wasted, not even on the lottery ticket kissed for luck. Kiss trees, favorite books, bowling balls..."

Some great stories - others were mild.

I am resigned to the fact that I am not a Tom Robbins fan. My daughter loves his writing but it is not for me.

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Funny, light-hearted, sardonically witty and bursting with brilliance and playful wordplay, Tom Robbins is your wake-up call against the humdrum and the mechanical noise of the daily bump and grind of a eat-sleep-work kind of life. While adulthood has made me more skeptical of his concept of freedom and how it will manage its way to this capitalistic world, and all the courageous and arduous demands that come with the package, he rides the wave of life with an immense humor and wisdom that makes him the authority to pure, unadulterated happiness without shutting out its frailties and disappointments. The secret? To hold on to romance and treat life as an "unpredictable adventure rather than a problematic equation," and to treat politics, organized religion, social ambitions and financial ploys as "not merely counterproductive but trivial" to bring us closer to illumination and transcendence.

whoever gave this book less than 4 stars is a totally unsalvageable idiot. this book of short writings, mostly nonfiction with some fiction, was brilliant. i just went up the mountain for a four day solitary retreat with no running water, electricity and only wood heat in an insulated hut, and lemme tell you this book saved my ass. sitting in the cold with only the sounds of my own thoughts for four days threw me into an abyss. tom pulled me out. as always. in fact, i now rank this in my top five robbins books: even cowgirls and roadside attraction tied in the first two spots, jitterbug perfume and this one tied in the second two, and still life with a woodpecker coming in a solid five....if you're a hard hearted bore...or boar, for that matter, or an unremitting moron with no sense of intellectual adventure....don't bother. (officially the only review ive ever written where i insulted the audience instead of the the author -- curious)
love,
cynthia