Skinny Legs and All

Description: 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 Robbins spins this alarmingly provocative book.

Review Quotes: "Tom Robbins is a vital national treasure."--The Oregonian

"Robbins possesses magnet-like power."--USA Today

"Funny and tough . . . Robbins is an American original."--Washington Magazine

"A phantasmagorical, politically charged tale you wish would never end . . . Robbins's lust for laughs is undiminished; this prescription for sanity couldn't be better."--Publishers Weekly

"Tom Robbins at his best--playful, sweet, smart, and full of that old Robbins magic."--Seattle Post Intelligencer

"A god of eloquence . . . Robbins refines the goofy into revelations."--San Jose Mercury News