
Villa Incognito
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Narrated by:
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Barrett Whitener
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By:
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Tom Robbins
Imagine that there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War.
Imagine that there is a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women have shared a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore.
Imagine just those things (don’t even try to imagine the love story) and you’ll have a foretaste of Tom Robbins’s eighth and perhaps most beautifully crafted novel--a work as timeless as myth yet as topical as the latest international threat.
On one level, this is a book about identity, masquerade and disguise--about “the false mustache of the world”--but neither the mists of Laos nor the smog of Bangkok, neither the overcast of Seattle nor the fog of San Francisco, neither the murk of the intelligence community nor the mummery of the circus can obscure the linguistic phosphor that illuminates the pages of Villa Incognito.
A female fan once wrote to Tom Robbins:
“Your books make me think, they make me laugh, they make me horny and they make me aware of the wonder of everything in life.”
Villa Incognito will surely arouse a similar response in many people, for in its lusty, amusing way it both celebrates existence and challenges our ideas about it.
To say much more about a novel as fresh and surprising as Villa Incognito would run the risk of diluting the sheer fun of reading it. As his dedicated readers worldwide know full well, it’s best to climb aboard the Tom Robbins tilt-a-whirl, kiss preconceptions and sacred cows goodbye and simply enjoy the ride.
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Critic reviews
"Robbins...is to words what Uri Geller is to spoons: He bends sentences into playful escapades....Bottom line: Another bedside attraction."—People
"Brilliantly offbeat satire."—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Ebullient, irreverent, hilarious…Villa Incognito is ribald fairy tale meets…Apocalypse Now.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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loved the book, narrator is a no
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That being said, Villa Incognito was a bit of a dissapointment. This novel follows the same formula as his other books, and it seems that half way through, he got bored with writing another novel about absurdity, gurus, and wahoo and decided to just end it. This really feels like a story that he just got tired of writing and so he tied it together at the end real quick.
Still, it is Robbins, so you'll find some of the most playful use of English and structure around. I still got a happy fizzy feeling reading this, but with the rapid conclusion of developing plots, the reader is left feeling a bit cheated in the end.
If you like Robbins and have read his other work. You will definitely enjoy this, but I would recommend reading his other titles first.
Some great sentences, but an incomplete story
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More excellent Robbins
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Relies on weirdness
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The performance was picture perfect
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Decent storytelling, stereotypical accents
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What more do you want?
You obviously haven’t read the book!
Very wonderfully strange!
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I mean, Tom Robbins, if you enjoy his books you're obviously going to enjoy this one...but THAT NARRATOR! I feel like he did a wonderful job.Who was your favorite character and why?
All of them. Madam Ko was badass.What about Barrett Whitener’s performance did you like?
He was a natural.If you could take any character from Villa Incognito out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Hmmm...Either Stubblefield or the fox whose name I cannot spell.Incredible narrator
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Tom Robbins is both funny and insightful
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Another fantastic, amusing, clever tale from the master of all things wonderful and profane. While not his best book IMO. Still a wild, fun adventure with clever and interesting characters. Second time through and just as fun.
Fantasy creatues, smugglers and circus folk
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