![]() ![]() ![]() King Alobar looks into a looking glass in his harem and panics. After the introduction of these characters, the action skips back to medieval times and the Citadel, which is the home of King Alobar. These beets begin by tying three modern time frame groups together without the reader knowing why. No one knows where they come from or what the reason is for the beets. In Paris, they are delivered with the mail. The beets are just left at the doorstep or tossed in through an open window. ![]() The book begins with people in Seattle (Priscilla), New Orleans (Madame Devalier and V'lu) and Paris (Marcel and Claude LeFever) all receiving beets. There are different kinds of beets, but it is the red beet that is the subject of concern here. They are melancholy and can suffer they can also be guilty, such as the murderer who returns to the scene of the crime. Beets are different than other vegetables. This is the line that opens the whole saga of Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. "The beet is the most intense of vegetables" (Today's Special, p. ![]()
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