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This is the third novel by Tom Robbins that I have read, and by far the most enjoyable.
Switters, a CIA agent, is about to be sent on assignment in South America. Hearing that, his elderly computer-hacking grandmother in Seattle asks, or rather orders, him to take her aged pet parrot back to the Peruvian jungle so that it could spend its dotage with fellow parrots rather than in a cage. Switters meets a shaman in the jungle. This fellow meets Switters and takes an interest in the parrot's unusually shaped cage. After the meeting, Switters becomes confined to a wheelchair unwilling to let his feet make even the slightest contact with the earth.
Confined to his wheelchair, Switters lands up in the Syrian desert, where he is sheltered by an unusual order of nuns. It would spoil the reader's enjoyment if I reveal any more of the plot of this highly entertaining novel.
Zany as usual, the author takes the reader on numerous philosophical detours, but none of these detract from the plot or its suspense. Although I did put this book down from time to time, it is truly 'un-put-down-able'.
Switters, a CIA agent, is about to be sent on assignment in South America. Hearing that, his elderly computer-hacking grandmother in Seattle asks, or rather orders, him to take her aged pet parrot back to the Peruvian jungle so that it could spend its dotage with fellow parrots rather than in a cage. Switters meets a shaman in the jungle. This fellow meets Switters and takes an interest in the parrot's unusually shaped cage. After the meeting, Switters becomes confined to a wheelchair unwilling to let his feet make even the slightest contact with the earth.
Confined to his wheelchair, Switters lands up in the Syrian desert, where he is sheltered by an unusual order of nuns. It would spoil the reader's enjoyment if I reveal any more of the plot of this highly entertaining novel.
Zany as usual, the author takes the reader on numerous philosophical detours, but none of these detract from the plot or its suspense. Although I did put this book down from time to time, it is truly 'un-put-down-able'.