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Jitterbug Perfume

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

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Of the many groups of people who come across unfavorably in the novel, who do you think comes across well? What are the values attributed to those of whom Tom Robbins approves?

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What are the central differences between Alobar’s world a thousand years ago and his world today?

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What motivates Priscilla Partido throughout the novel? How does character motivation here differ from Tom Robbins’s other novels?

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