i love the HP books i've read them all more than once. go 2 ur library & get the books on CD & listen 2 them it's a whole new experience
I have read all the books at least three times and seen all of the movies. They are really imaginative. It is incredible.
It was Tom Robbins' first book, and I think he got a bit better at his style. To a new reader I'd suggest "Still life with woodpecker" or "even cowgirls get the blues" first. Then Jitterbug Perfume. Then whatever else, if you aren't bored of him by then. But this thread isn't about that. I just wondered why it was in "beat/hippie books" : )