Jen's review
Skinny Legs and All
by Tom Robbins
Jen's review
Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
Jen's review
rating:
recommended for: smart, progressive types with a sense of humor
Tom Robbins is a genius. His use of the English language is so playful and dangerously intelligent that I can't belive he isn't a bigger literary celebrity.
Skinny Legs and All delves into all of life's big issues: religion, politics, love, war, money and so on, though it has a light touch; main characters include a Can 'o Beans and a Dirty Sock, for example. Seven fundamental truths are revealed as a modern day belly dancer named Salome dances The Dance of the Seven Veils - a veil drops, and a truth is revealed. Each segment of the book is a "veil," and Robbins tackles organized religion head on. One bit I love: "Early religions were like muddy pools with lots of foliage. Concealed there, the fish of the soul could splash and feed. Eventually, however, religions became aquariums. Then, hatcheries. From farm fingerling to frozen fish stick is a short swim." The conflicts in the Middle East, with Jerusalem as the epicenter, is the primary focus of the story, and...more
Skinny Legs and All delves into all of life's big issues: religion, politics, love, war, money and so on, though it has a light touch; main characters include a Can 'o Beans and a Dirty Sock, for example. Seven fundamental truths are revealed as a modern day belly dancer named Salome dances The Dance of the Seven Veils - a veil drops, and a truth is revealed. Each segment of the book is a "veil," and Robbins tackles organized religion head on. One bit I love: "Early religions were like muddy pools with lots of foliage. Concealed there, the fish of the soul could splash and feed. Eventually, however, religions became aquariums. Then, hatcheries. From farm fingerling to frozen fish stick is a short swim." The conflicts in the Middle East, with Jerusalem as the epicenter, is the primary focus of the story, and...more
