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    Naked at Lunch: Adventures of a Reluctant Nudist

    By Mark Haskell Smith

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    “We are safely away and you can now enjoy a ...” There was a pause, as if the Cruise Director was having trouble choosing what, exactly, he should call what was about to happen. Finally he said, “... a carefree environment.”

    Folk have been naked in public for centuries. But being a nudist is more complicated than simply stripping off. In Naked at Lunch, Mark Haskell Smith uncovers nudism's fascinating history – and gets involved, baring all himself.

    He visits a Spanish town where clothing is optional, and travels to the largest nudist resort in the world: a hedonist's paradise in the south of France. From clothes-free hiking in the Austrian Alps to a Caribbean cruise on the ‘Big Nude Boat’, Haskell Smith takes us on an entertaining frolic through the good, the bad, and the just plain naked.

    ‘A winning combination of personal and journalistic narrative … A witty and insightful read.’ —Publishers Weekly

    ‘A thoughtful and entertaining analysis of why so many still want to ditch their clothes and let it all hang out.’ —Kirkus Review

    ‘Hilarious … Naked At Lunch pulls its pants down when it comes to barefaced laughter.’ —Herald Sun

    ‘Hilarious insight into what makes people get together and strip off; where they go for it; when it’s prudent to cover up … and when it’s imperative to lather your naughty bits with weapons-grade sunscreen’ —Townsville Bulletin

    ‘Part social study, part history of naturism and nakedness, the book is written with a light touch and although it never becomes salacious, he keeps the story interesting.’ —Canberra Times

    Mark Haskell Smith is the author of five novels and three nonfiction titles. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Vulture. Smith is an assistant professor in the MFA program for Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California. He lives in Los Angeles.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack Inc. Books
    Release dateMay 27, 2015
    ISBN9781925203288
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    Naked at Lunch: Adventures of a Reluctant Nudist
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    Mark Haskell Smith

    MARK HASKELL SMITH is the author of six novels with one-word titles including Moist, Salty, and Blown; as well as the non-fiction books Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup and Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist’s Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, Vulture, Alta, and Literary Hub. He is an associate professor in the MFA program for Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate Center.

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    • 4/5
      3.5 So much more than one would think from the title. Needed something amusing and some of the scenes, though racy at times, were just laugh at loud funny. The history of the non clothing movement, so far back it went and I never had a clue. They even tried to start a clothing optional movement during prohibition and the depression. Guess they had to find din somewhere.His writing style is easy, alternating between humorous and serious as he finds out that maybe people do not have more fun at many of these nudist resorts and that many in this lifestyle are actually senior citizens. So fun and informative but the lifestyle not for me.ARC from Net Galley.
    • 4/5
      I have loved reading this author's fiction books. The titles are classic: Moist, Salty, Raw, Baked, Delicious, and while they seem like they would be raunchy they aren't. I knew he had written a book about the cannabis cup, but I had zero interest in reading about potheads, so I skipped it. Recently I saw this book on clearance and bought it.Everything you could possibly want to know about nudists, nudism, hiking, cruising, shopping, and dining in the nude. What it's like to go to a resort with 50,000 people who are also nude- except at night when they break out the leather/rubber fetish wear, r the really slutty attire.The book is informative, and it is funny without being snarky, condescending, or making fun of the people who are into it.Some of the chapters especially the history ones are a bit long but overall it was a look inside a movement if you will, that I had no idea existed, or what it was about.