![]() You also don’t know what each chapter may bring. His style is juicy and visceral, full of colors and joyus screams. The beginning of the book is a chapter on amoebas. The author interjects himself for a chapter and then scolds himself for interrupting the story.īut it all winds up coming to this: when the world conspires to take the all-girl ranch from the posse, they fight for it. There is folklore around something called the clockworks, which is difficult to describe, especially since I don’t understand it. A pervy old would-be philosopher on a hill spouts cryptic tidbits of what’s either spiritual knowledge or nonsense. Even when Sissy leaves shortly after arriving, her heart stays there. ![]() Everything in the novel hinges on this place. Sissy’s travels take her to an all-girl ranch, run by Bonanza Jellybean, that is nearly utopia. ![]() I’m not sure if there’s a figurative meaning for that, but if there is, I don’t mean it figuratively. But then again, ridiculousness is part of its charm to some, I’ll wager. It’s charming when it’s not being absolutely ridiculous. For all its postmodern whimsy, it’s an actual book with an actual, accessible plot. ![]() If so, Tom Robbins’ Even Cowgirls Get the Blues may be for you. This would be pretty awesome stuff if I could even begin to grasp what on earth he’s talking about”? Have you ever read Thomas Pynchon and thought, “Man. ![]()
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