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Cotolo's new book gets the buzz
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Frank Cotolo
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It is titled Molotov Memoirs and the title alone is raising eyebrows.
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It is 30 stories by Cotolo and original art by T. Stefan Gesek. More explanation
than that cannot do the book justice because it is a true experience, an individual
experience. It is an analog experience in a digital world.
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"It's like the old days," said a man who read it and has been reading for over
80 years, "when you would get a book, hold it, read it and that was the form of
entertainment that made the day go by."
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Molotov Memoirs is available in limited distribution at Blurb dot com and there are enough copies there to
supply everyone in China, if necessary, providing everyone in China can read
English. Perhaps translated copies will be in the offering soon?
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The book's tales are based on the adventures of Frank Cotolo, whose life has
been a peculiar journey so far (though no change in that status is expected).
A mixture of celebrated people have passed through Frank's life and his friends
and lovers have taken mysterious forms, to say the least.
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"I never tried to write something specific," says Cotolo. "I reached back and
gathered details concerning many of my influences and came up with undeniable
truth that I have contributed nothing to mankind. It's kind of cool."
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Cotolo stands out from his contemporaries, that is, among those who broadcast
with agendas and messages. He admits that whatever he says is purely for
entertainment purposes and that this book proves it.
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"I am dead serious about not being at all serious," he says, "and yet I handle
myself with strict rules, most of which I love to break."
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The host of Cotolo Chronicles, available through SRN Mediaworks, says he
has more faith in the current book than he has had in any other of his published
works.
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"There are a lot of books out there," he says, "but not all of them can hold your
interest, especially for those of you with ADD and ADHD, no less those who bore
easily. I feel this book is one of those books you cannot put down, unless you
want to use it to crush a fly in midair."
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Reviews, so far, are scarce but glowing. One reviewer wrote: "I know this is a
scarce review but this book shines. I was reading it in bed last night and I
didn't have to use the lamp."
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Another reviewer wrote: "I don't want to use many words in this review. Lord
knows I have already used too many. However, this book is worth it for the
illustrations alone. That Gesek guy really knows how to draw. A son I have
from a former marriage has taken all the pictures in this book and pasted them
on his bedroom wall. At least I think that is where he sleeps. God only knows.
Ok, I have written enough."
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"This book," says Cotolo, "would not be this book were it not for T. Stefan
Gesek. He made it into an art object. So it is a book and an art object, the
text being a part of the art, along with the illustrations, and the stories are
part of the object. Just as Stefan's illustrations include lines and strokes,
so it is that the stories include verbs and nouns. The book, the art, the lines,
the nouns; this book has everything."
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Frank
Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme
Cotolo
Chronicles. |