Skinny Legs and All

“Skinny Legs And All” by Tom Robbins is without a doubt one of the best books I have read. This is the story of five inanimate objects: A Conch Shell, a Can O’ Beans, a Painted Stick, a Dirty Sock and a Spoon; which embark on an unlikely adventure that consists of the above mentioned objects heading from America to Jerusalem.

Along, during and through their trip, the objects encounter some humans: Ellen Cherry; an artist and waitress, Boomer Petway; who happens to be Ellen’s husband, Patsy and Verlin; who are Ellen’s parents, Reverend Buddy Walker; Ellen’s uncle, Abu and Spike; Ellen’s employers, Roul Ritz, Ellen’s want to be Latin lover, and Turn Around Norman, the most mysterious character of them all.