The old king Alobar and his love Kudra wander the undeveloped world without much fear except for the townsfolk noticing that they never age. Nevertheless, even with immortality at stake, the whole thing is lighthearted and funny. Read it, and you can scratch Learning What An Ancient Goat God’s Man Parts Smell Like off your To-Do list. The book is so incredibly sensual that Robbins doesn’t shy away from the sweet surrender or the downright dirty. His writing style is basically unmatched when it comes to purple prose, and here he has centuries to cover, lovers to celebrate, and aromas to explore. When Tom Robbins is actually focusing on the story and not, say, some random tangent he seemed to hit upon while writing, it sings.

Meanwhile, in the future, an inspired waitress, her enterprising stepmother, a French perfumer, and an eccentric pseudo-scientist all search for a scent that transcends time and space. “The citadel was dark, and the heroes were sleeping.” SynopsisĪn ancient king eludes being killed in his ripe young age, invents individualism, meets a young Indian girl who is also running from death and the two discover the key to immortality (it’s mostly breathing correctly and having a ton of sex). This week, Print to Projector presents: Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would make great source material for film adaptations.

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