Tom, Tom, Tom.What happened? Your other books started off and got moving. This one languishes in the South American Jungle like so much slowly decaying vegetation. Switters is about as uninspiring a character as any first year english major might crap out after staying up all night with a pot of java. Where is the brillance that starts 'Still Life with Woodpecker?' Where are characters that I can care about like Bonanza Jellybean or the Chink?I'm a hundred pages into it, and have yet to read anything that gives me hope. I'll finish slugging through the book because I find it hard to believe that Tom Robbins could put out complete crap, but I'm going to have to take a couple of six packs with me to make it through.