An apocalyptic vision worthy of Kurt Vonnegut...

The following is reprinted from Kirkus Reviews.

“Just a Couple of Days. From this seemingly harmless bit of highway graffiti springs Tony Vigorito's inventive debut novel, a madcap adventure of a sinister government plot and an apocalyptic vision worthy of Kurt Vonnegut—the author Vigorito cites as his primary influence. After being conscripted as the genetics expert for a secret military project, Dr. Flake Fountain, a molecular geneticist at a major university, is thrust into the (literally) underground development of a biological agent with the power to disable enemies' symbolic capacity, leaving them unable to communicate. But Just a Couple of Days is no mere sci-fi daydream. Vigorito's research is impressive, and the narrative pops with linguistic acrobatics reminiscent of Tom Robbins. “I was a good way into writing [the book] before a friend turned me on to Robbins's writing,” says the author. “Obviously, it was a joy to discover, especially because here was someone else that was horsing around with language. If anything, Robbins' writing gave me permission to push the boundaries of language and storytelling.” Vigorito engages in consistently dazzling wordplay, and readers will eagerly follow the narrative as it moves beyond the conventional boundaries of storytelling. The development of Just a Couple of Days is a story in its own right. After independently publishing the book in 2001, Vigorito hit the road, promoting it at concerts and music-and-arts festivals. Now he's pleased that a major publishing house picked up the novel, which has become something of an underground cult classic.”