Released on: October 9, 2007, 12:09 pm

Press Release Author: Alyson Books

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Fruit Cocktail: A Novel - Barnes & Noble Book Launch December
6, 2007 @ 7pm - Chelsea Location - 675 6th Avenue (6th and22nd) - New York, NY

Press Release Body: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ALYSON BOOKS

FRUIT COCKTAIL: A NOVEL
by Arthur Wooten
(December 2007)

Dates From Hell Have Never Been So Heavenly!

"Why watch another repeat of Sex In The City, when you can read Arthur Wooten\'s
hilarious tales of the highs and lows of being a \"homofessional gaylebrity\" looking
for love?" - Recording Artist Ari Gold

"Arthur Wooten offers us a juicy treat.writing in a way that is alternately lovely
and incisive. An entertaining read from beginning to end."
- Ben Patrick Johnson - Author and Television Celebrity

".I may be straight but I totally related to Curtis\' hysterical misadventures
whether dating, dealing with the entertainment industry or being a celebrity." -
Julian Fantechi - Playgirl Man Of The Year - 2007

(New York, NY, October 8, 2007) - Barnes & Noble launches Fruit Cocktail: A Novel
Dec. 6, 2007 @ 7pm. Please join us at the Chelsea Location - 675 6th Avenue (6th
and22nd) New York, NY 212-727-1227.

Editorial Review - "Hop on board for this delicious, freshly squeezed sequel to the
acclaimed On Picking Fruit, where Curtis Jenkins once again braves the fickle dating
scene in his continuing search for the perfect man. After writing the successful
\"101 Ways To Collide Into Your Gay Soul Mate\", Curtis finds on his book tour that
men - whether in Provincetown, Los Angeles, or somewhere in between - rarely wear
their hearts on their biceps . . . unless it\'s a tattoo. Funny, unpredictable, and
strangely moving, Fruit Cocktail is, like its feckless hero, ripe for the
picking."

Arthur Wooten signs multiple book deal with Alyson Books. Having released his
humorous gay novel, On Picking Fruit (December 2006), Alyson now offers Mr. Wooten's
sequel Fruit Cocktail. Wooten has also contributed a short story, Stroke Of Luck, to
their current collection - Best Gay Love Stories: New York City.

"Alyson Books has an entirely new editorial and marketing team," says Executive
Editor Joseph
Pittman. "We've relocated from Los Angeles to New York and we know that fresh new
talent like Mr. Wooten's will take Alyson to a new level."

"Whether you're straight, bisexual, lesbian, gay or just confused.dating scenarios
are universal," says Wooten in response to who will relate to Fruit Cocktail. "The
novel is fast and
breezy but also heartbreaking and full of hope."

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JOSEPH PITTMAN

Executive Editor, Alyson Books

ARTHUR WOOTEN
arthur@onpickingfruit.com
www.onpickingfruit.com
www.myspace.com/arthurwooten



Web Site: http://onpickingfruit.com/

Contact Details: Alyson Books
Joseph Pittman
Executive Editor