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January 31, 2017
San Francisco Book Review: Love and Other Pranks
(The following review of Love and Other Pranks was originally published in San Francisco Book Review. The review was written by Lauren Stafford.) * * * * * Come aboard, set sail, and lose yourself upon this non-stop, wild ride! Being equal parts intellectual, humorous, and utterly perplexing, Love and Other Pranks has... Read more »
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January 29, 2017
Manhattan Book Review: Love and Other Pranks
(The following review of Love and Other Pranks was originally published in Manhattan Book Review. The review was written by Romauld Dzemo.) * * * * * Tony Vigorito’s Love and Other Pranks is a unique, dazzling novel that breaks the conventional rules of storytelling and takes readers to places that sound so... Read more »
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Seattle Book Review: Love and Other Pranks
(The following review of Love and Other Pranks was originally published in Seattle Book Review. The review was written by J. Aislynn d’Merricksson.) * * * * * Vigorito’s Love and Other Pranks is a dazzling dreamwalk illustrating some of the grandest spiritual and philosophical notions out there. It is an admonition to... Read more »
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Foreword Reviews: Love and Other Pranks
(The following review of Love and Other Pranks was originally published in Foreword Reviews. The review was written by Amanda Adams.) * * * * * A novel that can be parsed several times to uncover new meaning, Love and Other Pranks is a must-read. Stylish and surreal, Love and Other Pranks... Read more »
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March 19, 2016
Synchs and Hijinks: The Absurd Wisdom of Nine Kinds of Naked
(The following review of Nine Kinds of Naked was originally published on Reality Sandwich. The review was written by Stephen C. Thomas.) If there’s one thing Tony Vigorito knows, it’s that the infinite complexity of the universe is reducible to an elegantly simple word: Now. If there are two things he knows (and...
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March 7, 2016
Love and Other Synonyms: A Note on Love and Other Pranks
The title of my third novel, Love and Other Pranks, was borne of a conversation with a good friend sometime in 2007 in an A-frame in Austin, Texas. As I had not yet completed my second novel, and because I’d recently realized that all three of my books should take place within the same fictional...
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December 7, 2015
Have You Heard the Philosophy? or, Encountering the Buddha in Disguise
Last weekend, a gentleman on Valencia Street blockaded my path, demanding, “Have you heard the philosophy?” The pointedness of his question paused me, and though I resumed upon my way once I’d gathered that his bloodshot eyes were pickled in alcohol, I couldn’t help wondering what timeless wisdom I’d hurriedly declined. What if, for... Read more »
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November 17, 2015
Unleashing the Ineffable: An Interview with Tony Vigorito
(The following interview was originally published on Globalish, and is exclusively about Tony’s first novel. A more general interview is available here.) Spoiler Alert: In discussing his novel, Just a Couple of Days, the following interview with Tony Vigorito necessarily reveals major plot twists. If you wish to be entirely surprised by the story, the... Read more »
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November 5, 2015
Always Wear Your Bicycle Helmet: An Interview with Tony Vigorito
The following interview with Tony Vigorito was derived from questions submitted by readers. If you have an interesting question you would like to be considered for inclusion here, you may send it via the contact form on this website. What event in your life influenced you the most? This is the second most... Read more »
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