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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2439927, member: 56859&quot;]I do like that one as well-- hilarious premise.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite of his, which was the first one I read, is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Legs-All-Tom-Robbins/dp/0553377884" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Legs-All-Tom-Robbins/dp/0553377884" rel="nofollow">Skinny Legs and All</a>.&nbsp; Have you read that one?&nbsp; One of these days I&#039;m going to make a homage to it for my living room wall:&nbsp; small individual framed pictures, hung in a straight line, of a can of beans, silver spoon, dirty sock, painted stick, and conch shell <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are many coins which pair well with this book.&nbsp; Conch shells, various stick-like objects, Anubis or jackals (Boomer Petway&#039;s weird metal sculpture), etc.&nbsp; Since the book&#039;s story revolves in part around the Israel-Palestine conflict, coins of the Levantine would also work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a somewhat relevant pairing (jackal):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508256[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar</b></p><p>Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged caduceus in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal left at feet; L-Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar), R1; Milne 3676[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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