Who's afraid of panties, a brief but potentially interesting item of women's clothing that British Cabinet ministers and politicians of all stripes also happen to be like to dress up in when no one is looking? In 2011, when you can get thousands of microscopically accurate views of any part of a man's or woman's body on the Internet--free? Apparently there were quite a few pussies among the distributors of India, who banned this book from distribution in 2005/2006, though it was a bestseller in one bookstore: 140 copies sold! So, after briefly regressing to a picture of my friend's cat on the cover of WHAT WE ALL NEED (not many got the connection), and preaching to whoever would listen about hypocrisy (while practicing it myself), I've decided to return to the original: the woman in panties who decorated the print cover.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W8CZW2
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/What-We-All-Need/Richard-Crasta/e/2940012950185
I did try to get a devout Christian artist friend of mine to give me a better cover, free, without the brassiness of this, but he agreed but never did it, so finally, it's returning to the book's roots. The book is my most expensive e-book--but if you read the matter, which is smoking hot, besides being funny, passionate, and heartfelt, you'll realize it's justified. For me, an Indian who was repressed by imported Victorian morality, writing about sex is a political act, a declaration of independence, the sexual-literary equivalent of the Salt March. Which is why I have dared to go beyond any limits that Indian writers have observed so far. I don't want just anyone reading it; I would rather restrict the book to a select audience for the moment.
Still, I need all the sales I can get, and the word of mouth, reviews, and likes. So, for those who would bother to help, here's a partial list of links:
I Will Not: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/i-will-not-go-the-f-k-to-sleep/id444134043?mt=11
RKS: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-revised-kama-sutra-a-novel/id421345552?mt=11
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-hunger-for-touch-and-love/id436277738?mt=11
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/father-rebel-dreamer/id444131183?mt=11 http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-killing-of-an-author/id443434428?mt=11
Thank you, friend.
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