Paperback, 342 pages
English language
Published April 1, 1990 by Bantam.
Jitterbug Perfume is an epic.Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight (Paris time).It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle.The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left.From the Trade Paperback edition.
found it difficult to identify with the characters. the narrative is very jumpy and in segments. though there are nice moments to be sure, these are far and few in between
