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Jitterbug Perfume

Tom Robbins

1984342 pagesabout 5–8 hours
1984
first published
  • 1984Bantam Books · 342 pages · ENGISBN 9780553050684
  • 1985Bantam · 342 pages · ENGISBN 9780553171617
  • 1985Bantam · 388 pages · ENGISBN 9780553268447
  • 1991Bantam · 342 pages · ENGISBN 9780553403831
  • 2003Random House Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780553897920
  • 1990Bantam · 342 pages · ENGISBN 9780553348989
  • 2001No Exit Press · 342 pagesISBN 9781842430354
  • 1987Random House Value Publishing · ENGISBN 9780517652558

Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight (Paris time).It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle.The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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