Skinny Legs and All
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| Author | Tom Robbins |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Released | 1990 |
Skinny Legs and All, novelist Tom Robbins' fifth book, was published in 1990 by Bantam Books. As of all of Robbins' creations, it is a lyrical and complex work weaving disparate and seemingly unrelated themes into an engaging and thought-provoking narrative.
[edit] Literary significance and criticism
The opening scene of Skinny Legs finds newlyweds Ellen Cherry Charles and Randolph 'Boomer' Petway III driving cross country in a large roast turkey. From there, Robbins touches on topics as diverse as art and artists, biblical history, the longstanding Arab-Jewish feud, eschatology, and other Robbins' staples such as sex, religion, and politics. The reader is introduced to typical array of off-beat and whimsical characters, including the estranged couple of artist/waitress Ellen Cherry and welder/accidental artist Randolph "Boomer" Petway, Spike Cohen and Abu Hadee (a Jew and an Arab who co-own a restaurant across from the UN building in New York), fundamentalist preacher Buddy Winkler, a doe-eyed belly dancer named Salome, Detective Jackie Shaftoe, Raoul the libidinous doorman, and Verlin and Patsy Charles, Ellen Cherry's parents. A host of inanimate objects also plays a key role in the novel, and even biblical harlot Jezebel and Dan Quayle make cameo appearances.
[edit] Trivia
- Australian rock band Wolfmother, took their name from a line in the novel[citation needed]
