Matt Bell is an author.
I’ve been rereading JITTERBUG PERFUME off and on, gladly revisiting one of my favorite books of my early 20s. I just finished, and happily so. An unforgettable novel. A fine ending. Nothing else like it. How to live forever? “Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets.” https://t.co/NjMiuG4maq
‘Pan: the Great God's Modern Return’ (Reaktion, 2021); ‘Stories of the Stones: Imagining Prehistory in Britain, Ireland, and Brittany’ (Reaktion, 2025).
‘Despite Pan’s bedraggled curls and matted wool, despite the drool in the goatee and the manure on his hooves, he was by far the most impressive being Alobar had ever met.’ — Tom Robbins, ‘Jitterbug Perfume’ (1984) #Pan https://t.co/qYUncixqRm
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“Never underestimate how much assistance, how much satisfaction, how much comfort, how much soul and transcendence there might be in a well-made taco and a cold bottle of beer.” Jitterbug Perfume: A Novel — Tom Robbins
"Robbins again celebrates the joy of individual expression and self-reliance. He lays before us the time honored warts and hairs of the world's philosophies--problems with religion, war, politics, family, marriage and sex--and leaves no twist or turn unstoned. --Saturday Review