Skinny legs and all
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New York : Bantam Books, 2003.
ISBN
0553377884, 9780553377880
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Published
New York : Bantam Books, 2003.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
422 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0553377884, 9780553377880

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"Bantam trade pbk. reissue"--T.p. verso.
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"An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations.... It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins Tom Robbins's gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel, in which a bean can philosophizes, a dessert spoon mystifies, a young waitress takes on the New York art world, and a rowdy redneck welder discovers the lost god of Palestine--while the illusions that obscure humanity's view of the true universe fall away, one by one, like Salome's veils. Skinny Legs and All deals, in Robbins's audacious manner, with today's most sensitive issues: race, politics, marriage, art, religion, money, and lust. It weaves lyrically through what some call the "end days" of our planet. Refusing to avert its gaze from the horrors of the apocalypse, it also refuses to let the alleged end of the world spoil its mood. And its mood is defiantly upbeat. In the gloriously inventive Tom Robbins style, here are characters, phrases, stories, and ideas that dance together on the page, wild and sexy, like Salome herself. Or was it Jezebel?"--P. [4] of cover.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Robbins, T. (2003). Skinny legs and all . Bantam Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robbins, Tom, 1932-. 2003. Skinny Legs and All. Bantam Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robbins, Tom, 1932-. Skinny Legs and All Bantam Books, 2003.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Robbins, Tom. Skinny Legs and All Bantam Books, 2003.

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