"If Armistead Maupin and David Sedaris had a love child, it would be Arthur Wooten." - The Examiner, San Francisco

Here's the sequel! Hope you enjoy it as much as On Picking Fruit - Arthur

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Product Description

Men are like a box of chocolates-you like what's on the outside.

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, Jenkins finds on his book tour that men-whether in Provincetown, Los Angeles, or somewhere in between-rarely wear their hearts on their bicepsunless it's a tattoo. Funny, unpredictable, and strangely moving, Fruit Cocktail is, like its feckless hero, ripe for the picking.

Arthur Wooten has also written for theatre, film, and television.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #559368 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Arthur Wooten has written for theater, film, and television. Fruit Cocktail is the sequel to On Picking Fruit, also published by Alyson Books. And his short story, Stroke Of Luck is in their collection Best Gay Love Stories: New York City.

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Customer Reviews

It Keeps Getting Better
Curtis Jenkins is back and still looking for love...everywhere. Whether as an impromptu square dance partner, a practitioner of naked yoga, a contestant in a cross-dressing contest or taking in a brunch-time burlesque performance, Curtis has learned to cast a wide net in his search for love.

Arthur Wooten outdid himself with Fruit Cocktail. Curtis, along with his mother and best friend Quinn, has even wackier adventures than he did in his first outing, In Picking Fruit. I won't spoil the plot by writing whether he finds his soul mate, but he does find himself and that's the best discovery anyone can make.

Hysterically funny, and often touching as well.
In a sequel to his delightful "On Picking Fruit," Wooten brings back middle-aged gay everyman Curtis Jenkins, chronically unlucky in love but ironically seeing his greatest commercial success in author of a book called "101 Ways to Collide Into Your Gay Soul Mate." The drama in his life is provided by his manipulative newly-bisexual mother, his sex-obsessed best friend Quinn, and his pushy agent who books him into a series of book signing appearances that provide most of the novel's plot. The memorial service for his former confidant/counselor (featured widely in the first book, in which she later died), Magda Tunick, introduces a new character, her sister Petra, who begins to fill the same need in Curtis' life as did her sister. Together with one or all of this entourage, Curtis embarks on a series of unexpected adventures, such as escaping from a cult-like "nude gay yoga" group, starting an impromptu telethon to save the job of a canceled gay TV host, moderating a gay dating contest, an unexpected reunion with a man from his past, attending his mother's lesbian wedding, and dating the priest from Magda's memorial service.

Those who loved Wooten's wit in the first novel will be more than satisfied here, with a book that is hysterically funny as well as surprisingly warm and emotional at times. Well-written, realistic characters and a great depiction of the craziness that is often seen in gay dating. Great, light read, much recommended to all. Five pieces of fruit out of five!

Biting the Apple
Wooten, Arthur. "Fruit Cocktail", Alyson, 2007.

Biting the Apple

Amos Lassen

Arthur Wooten, who gave us the wonderful "on Picking Fruit", is back with a sequel to it, "Fruit Cocktail" (which I actually got a look at about a year ago). Now it is all polished and on bookstore shelves and it is the perfect book to rid you of the cold weather blues.
Curtis Jenkins has been plagued with bad luck on the gay dating scene. In fact, his experiences have been so bad that he decided to write a book about dating in the hopes that he could save others from the heartache that he has felt. As he travels on a book tour to sell his book, Curtis realizes that the dating scene is merely an excuse to get a man into the sack and that there is no romance whatsoever involved in it. His book, "101 Ways to Collide Into Your Gay Soul Mate" is much more successful than is Curtis and we, along with Curtis, learn a great deal about the dating scene in gay life.
This book is filled with humor and it is great fun to read. Wooten seems to know a lot about the scene and writes about it with hilarity and insight. As funny as the book is, it is serious in that we recognize so much of ourselves in it. I loved "On Picking Fruit" and I equally love the sequel. It is so much fun to read about things that really happen, especially when it is written about in a jocular manner. If these two books say anything about the talent of the author, I predict we will see some great writing from him.