Nine Kinds of Naked
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Product Description
Do you believe in synchronicity? Can one breath of wind change many lives across space and time? 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"?
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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One to be read and reread
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I eat books. It's not uncommon that I devour a medium sized novel in a day. But after a few chapters of Nine Kinds of Naked, I began to feel like a glutton attempting to consume a fine five-course meal in half an hour. Why was I in such a hurry to eat when the rhythm of the words were begging me to savor? So savor I did. So much so that I did something else entirely out-of-character: I picked it right back up the following day and started over.
Between the intertwined, often hilarious tales of the characters, you might notice truths and truisms (depending on whom, what, and how you know) about life and its deeper meanings. No shortage of metaphysical assertions about the oneness of love, the power of truth, and the immutability of the now will you find here. However, you could brush that aside and enjoy this book at face value, a cleverly entertaining read, a rolling romp of text on recycled paper. You could ignore the layered goodness of the themes in this book, sure. But why would you when it's just so darned enjoyable?
This is a book I will keep in my library. And I'll loan it out happily, knowing that whenever a copy fails to return, it will be because it found a deserving home, somewhere it is needed, the right place and the right time. I'll simply buy another copy and do it all over again.
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the naked truth does have a sense of humor after all
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If you are a fan of Tom Robbins or Chris Moore then you should be a fan of Tony Vigorito. He speaks to the underlying truth that we are all lumbering along with blinders on, stuck in our own small little worlds, unaware of the fact that we are all connected and that it is all one big cosmic joke that we are living. It's up to you whether you are in on the joke or whether the joke's on you. If you want to be in on the joke, read the book. If you want an answer to the question WTF, read the book. If you just want a good laugh without having to think to hard, read the book. If you want a positive philosophical interpretation of how to live in synchronicity with the universe, read the book. Don't think too hard about it, it really isn't that hard of a decision, just buy it, read it, and share it with 10 of your friends.
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Magical
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I recently asked my wife if she only had one book to read for the rest of her life, what would it be.
She agonized for several hours and couldn't winnow it down.
My choice would be Nine Kinds of Naked.
It's that good.
Such an original, magical story that encourages the reader to fall in love with the novel all over again.
Evoking Tom Robbins at his very best, Tony Vigorito captures the wonderment of curiosity and happenstance, sculpting a work of delicate, beautiful craftsmanship.
How many books do you finish, turning that final page, with a satisfied smile on your face?
Nine Kinds of Naked is one of those books. A true gem.
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Mind blowing entertainment
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If you have a sneaking suspicion that events are conspiring to strip you of all pretense and make you vulnerable to life then by all means buy this dazzlingly humorous, amazingly intelligent and synaptically invigorating book. Watch out! Here comes the synchronistic flow!!
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Not great
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Underneath the tedious and pretentious writing it turns out there's not really much of a story here- it's a treatise on trite hippie philosophy that even the tiedye and dreadlocks set got bored with decades ago. As a timewaster, it's not _completely_ useless, since it's not too challenging and the plot is pleasant enough. I read it because it had been favorably reviewed by writers I respect, but on finishing it, I really did wish I had spent those hours doing something else.
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