Skinny Legs and All
Worth buying if: You enjoy Tom Robbins’s wordplay, philosophical mischief, and unruly cast of human and nonhuman characters.
Skip it if: You prefer restrained prose, linear plotting, and humor that stays separate from metaphysical questions.
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Summary
Skinny Legs and All follows Ellen Cherry Charles from New York toward Jerusalem, where love, faith, art, politics, and everyday objects collide in Robbins’s exuberant novel.
Why this book now
Its collision of religious certainty, cultural conflict, and irreverent humor still speaks to a world arguing over what deserves devotion.
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- You enjoy Tom Robbins’s wordplay, philosophical mischief, and unruly cast of human and nonhuman characters.
- You like novels that treat Jerusalem, religion, art, and romance as material for comic invention.
- When you crave inventive structure, the book leaves space for ideas to settle, inviting reflection rather than demanding immediate judgment.
- You prefer restrained prose, linear plotting, and humor that stays separate from metaphysical questions.
- You want a tightly realistic novel rather than a sprawling, deliberately strange journey through belief and desire.
- When you prefer short, action-packed chapters, the conclusion leaves questions open rather than wrapping every thread neatly.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780553377880
Worth buying if: You enjoy Tom Robbins’s wordplay, philosophical mischief, and unruly cast of human and nonhuman characters.
Skip it if: You prefer restrained prose, linear plotting, and humor that stays separate from metaphysical questions.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Steady Needs some room
At 422 pages, this is a substantial novel best approached as an immersive, language-rich read rather than a quick plot sprint.
What stands out here
This 1995 Bantam Dell Pub Group edition presents Tom Robbins’s 422-page novel in its cataloged General Interest format.
Best way to approach it
Read for the verbal fireworks and recurring collisions of objects, beliefs, and desires; let the novel’s digressions be part of the experience.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780553377880
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