{"product_id":"nine-kinds-of-naked","title":"Nine Kinds of Naked","description":"\u003cp\u003eChaos theory says that a tiny, almost imperceptible event can have large, even catastrophic coincidences: a butterfly flapping its wings in North America leads to a hurricane on another continent, for example. In this fictional take on chaos theory, several offbeat characters are linked by a single event that expands through time, sweeping them up in it and changing their lives. A traveler works a nifty trick with a playing card, and a tornado strikes a small Illinois town; a woman is born during the tornado and later meets the man who set it in motion; 1,200 years earlier, a man who is supposed to be stoned to death discovers he has an uncanny knack for surviving; and, back in the present day, another man speaks only in the present tense. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LINDIE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47324147843223,"sku":"9781942248255","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/9540\/8023\/files\/NKN_audiobook_cover-SoundCloud-400x400__53499.jpg?v=1773524029","url":"https:\/\/lindie.net\/products\/nine-kinds-of-naked","provider":"Lantern Indie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}