Nine Kinds of Naked - by Tony Vigorito (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Join cult favorite Tony Vigorito in his acclaimed, surreal whirlwind of a novel exploring chaos theory. A prisoner spins a playing card into a somersault, stirring a wind that becomes a tornado that takes off the roof of a church in nearby Normal, Illinois. Elizabeth Wildhack is born in that church and someday she will meet that prisoner, a man named Diablo, on the streets of New Orleans--where a hurricane-like Great White Spot hovers off the coast. But how is it all interconnected? And what does it have to do with a time-traveling serf and a secret society whose motto is "Walk away?" <p/> "Linguistic gymnastics abound... Vigorito demonstrates once again that he's a wild stylist... startlingly original... an entertaining anarchist..." --<i>The Chicago Sun-Times</i><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Do you believe in synchronicity? <P>Can one breath of wind change many lives across space and time? <P>A prisoner spins a playing card into a somersault, stirring a wind that becomes a tornado that takes off the roof of a church in nearby Normal, Illinois. Elizabeth Wildhack is born in that church and someday she will meet that prisoner, a man named Diablo, on the streets of New Orleans where a hurricane-like Great White Spot hovers off the coast. But how is it all interconnected? And what does it have to do with a time-traveling serf and a secret society whose motto is "Walk away"? <P>""Nine Kinds of Naked" is innocent, whimsical, sometimes silly even, but filled with the freshness and the freewheeling independence that made Vigorito s reputation." -- Kris Saknussemm, author of "Zanesville <P>"<P>"A wildly spinning tornado of beautiful fresh air." -Chris Genoa, author of "Foop!" <P>Praise for "Just a Couple of Days" <P>""Just a Couple of Days "is a lyrical, thoughtful, viral meme of a book. Read it!"-- Christopher Moore, author of "You Suck <P>"<P>TONY VIGORITO is the author of the underground classic. A former professor who taught social theory at Ohio University and Antioch College, he now lives in Austin, Texas. Visit www.TonyVigorito.com. <P>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Fans of Vigorito's originally self-published 2007 cult hit <i>Just a Couple of Days</i> will have a ball with this hyperactive, zany novel.-- "Publishers Weekly"<br><br>[F]illed with style and sarcasm. Incredibly, this is one of the few novels one could pick up at any arbitrary page and enjoy....Nine Kinds of Naked is an imaginative, amusing dive into the (literal) eye of a storm and is a fresh take on the six degrees theory. -- "The Knight News" (10/9/2008 12:00:00 AM)<br><br>Channeling the spirited humor of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series, Vigorito suspends the rules of time and space . . . Vigorito's is a crisp, sardonic voice.-- "Texas Monthly" (9/23/2008 12:00:00 AM)<br><br>Comparisons of this novel to the works of Tom Robbins are both obvious and appropriate: the story meanders around in an entertaining manner, never getting too serious about itself; the characters are splendidly loopy, close to caricature but never quite reaching it, and the situations in which they find themselves are comic, dramatic, and everything in between.-- "Booklist" (9/1/2008 12:00:00 AM)<br><br>Nine Kinds of Naked will remind many readers of such mischiefmakers as Tom Robbins, Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, and Robert Anton Wilson.-- "The American-Statesman" (10/19/2008 12:00:00 AM)<br><br>Part quirky love story, part philosophical manifesto, and part metaphysical mystery, Nine Kinds of Naked is almost more musical dance than written word. Tony Vigorito's book on life, and those things outside the boundaries of the traditional plane, is right at home with the works of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore...a quizzical and psychedelic look at the nature of the Butterfly Eff ect. -- "The Sacramento Book Review"<br><br>Vigorito writes in adjective-rich prose...[the] style makes for a lyrical adventure that complements the surreal plot.-- "The Daily Texan" (10/13/2008 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><i>Nine Kinds of Naked</i> is a philosophical examination of the Butterfly Effect and the proposition that love is indestructible. It's a tale of consequence, causation, and the logical fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc. It's like scuffling with a naked and unreasonably cheerful version of yourself in a time not of your own choosing. It's safe to say that no one corrupts the space-time continuum like Tony Vigorito. --Bill Fitzhugh "author of Pest Control and Highway 61 Resurfaced"<br><br><p>"A novel of ideas that also happens to be entertaining. And yes, fun. And like those maverick classics, <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> and <i>Gargantua</i>, <i>Nine Kinds of Naked</i> is as fanciful and inventive in its form, its structure, as it is in its observations." --Tom Robbins <p/> "Linguistic gymnastics abound... Vigorito demonstrates once again that he's a wild stylist... startlingly original... an entertaining anarchist..." --<i>The Chicago Sun-Times</i> <p/><b>PRAISE FOR </b><i><b>JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS</b></i> <p/> "<i>Just a Couple of Days </i>is a lyrical, thoughtful, viral meme of a book. Read it!"--Christopher Moore, author of <i>Lamb and A Dirty Job </i> <p/> </p><br><br>Another whimsical tale of time, space, coincidence and cause and effect. The author displays most of the linguistic acrobatics and playful rumination that made his debut a cult classic...In the tradition of Douglas Adams and Tom Robbins, much of the book is given over to philosophical musings about the connection among all things.-- "Kirkus Reviews"<br><br>Nine Kinds of Naked is a wildly spinning tornado of beautiful fresh air. It'll blow its quixotic winds up your nose and make even the most cynical want to tear off their clothes and dance buck naked in the streets. <br>--Chris Genoa "author of Foop!"<br><br>Nine Kinds of Naked offers ten distinct varieties of literary satisfaction, including metaphysical highjinks, libidinous lowjinks, hermeneutic mind games, Gordian plot twists, cognitive estrangement, linguistic surrealism, stylistic pyrotechnics, laugh-out-loud jokes, scrappy extrapolations, and the synergistic sum of the above. Acquire and read this demented epic before God has a chance to do so, for he is certain to condemn its polymorphous pleasures as sinful.--James Morrow "author of The Last Witchfinder and The Philosopher's Apprentice"<br><br>Tony Vigorito has grown a cult following of thousands for one reason--his stuff is fun to read. It's hallucinogenic. It's innocent, whimsical, sometimes silly even, but filled with the freshness and the freewheeling independence that made his reputation. --Kris Saknussemm "author of Zanesville"<br><br>With this strange carnival of a book, Vigorito has scored himself a permanent plot in the neighborhood of the American surrealist novel. The breadth of his imagination and the sheer exuberance of his writing cannot be ignored.--Neal Pollack "author of Alternadad"<br>
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