half asleep in frog pajamas by tom robbins

It opens with the beginning of a disastrous three-day weekend for one Gwendolyn Mati, a lovingly unlikable stockbroker whose ambitions are sky high and whose perceptions seem hopelessly shallow. … and the scale certainly is grand in Tom Robbins’ rollicking riot of a novel.

“Disaster’s always best when it’s on a grand scale.” Who writes in the second person anymore, and of those who do, how many of them choose such an unlikable character to make 'you' identify with? Tom Robbins does, and he does it effortlessly well. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, however, is remarkable for two reasons: the 'Tom Robbins' Crazy Theory' of the book is both the broadest and craziest of them all, and his use of the second person is a challenging, compelling and ultimately rewarding technique. Swiss Cheese head: ' say a story that begins with a beet will end with the devil that is a risk we will have to take.' Of the books I've read, Another Roadside Attraction stands out for its audacity Jitterbug Perfume for the incredible story and writing (I still remember this line from the intro, something that is nearly unprecedented for yours truly, Mr. Each of them is fantastic in its own way, although there are some consistencies in his style that are fantastic throughout his books - his completely mind-blowing use of language in the service of crazy descriptions, analogies, and similes, and his Crazy Theory, that point of each book that would in a more traditional author be the denouement, but in the Robbins oeuvre is where he unveils whatever crackpot (and compelling, if you're predisposed to such thoughts, as I am) theory he's holding on to at the time.

I read every Tom Robbins book up to this one I've yet to read his latest two (or three, or however many there are). Almost everyone seems to go through that phase at some point, and then eventually that phase ends. Reading Tom Robbins is like reading Hunter S.

Half asleep in frog pajamas by tom robbins