Harry Rodersheimer Musings on a Missing Goddess Tom Robbins Scares People by Harry Roedersheimer Sissy Hankshaw has phallic thumbs, and is able to hitch a ride with an endangered whooping crane. This lands her in the grasp of a lovely creature named Bonanza Jellybean, and, more importantly, into the cave of the Chink.
Cowgirls Get Blues only when directed improperly.
The first time I ever taught Tom Robbins, the students were more upset by Bonanza Jellybean than anything else. There was little connection to Plato, because, after all, there was a Chink in that cave, not a Greek. And Greek would have brought the students too close to Bonanza and company, again. This experience was highlighted when two of my fellow instructors, who had also decided to teach the book, decided to leave it out of classroom discussion, because it was just too controversial. The next year Redemption came in a most unexpected way.