| Written & audio book performed by Michael Nesmith - Unabridged Fiction - 6 COMPACT DISCS Publisher, Pacific Arts Corporation (February 2002) Listen to a FREE audio clip. "This book rises in the imagination like a fantastical building in the desert. It is an extraordinary assemblage. You simply have no idea what Nesmith is going to spring on you in the next paragraph--ancient stories, new wisdom, or a sudden damn good joke, all held together with the rhythm of prose which flows like music. America may have temporarily mislaid its soul, but luckily it has been found again and returned intact in the pages of this remarkable book." --Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "The Long, Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora is a first rate novel, informed by an imagination that turns the story truly in the direction of myth. To read it is to be enchanted. To have read it is to be haunted. Michael Nesmith is accomplished in several worlds. To these accomplishments he now adds a significant contribution to the world of fiction." --N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of House Made of Dawn "You fear there is no romance left in the world? You fear that the glorious word 'love' no longer means anything other than 'sex'? Then you must read this, Michael Nesmith's compelling first novel. It is the ultimate romance, the refreshing balm we need for our utilitarian time; it is just such an...exquisite... relief" --Georgie Anne Geyer, author and syndicated columnist, United Press Syndicate "A mystical search through the southwest for beauty and truth, Michael Nesmith writes with a rhythm and color that is as enveloping as his terrain. This is a writer rich in humor, with a delightfully canny sense of the modern picturesque novel. It's a wonderful ride with Mr. Nesmith. --Wendy Wasserstein, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "The Heidi Chronicles" "Nesmith echoes the styles of two writers...Gabriel Garcia-Marquez and Lewis Carroll. He constructs a narrative that's part magical realism part "The Red Queen's Race." "The Long Sandy Hair Of Neftoon Zamora is an impressively unexpected novel. It is not the sort of thing a celebrity would toss off in the hope of cashing in on a famous name. Instead, it serves notice that a compelling literary career may be just beginning. Michael Nesmith, hats off". --L.D. Meagher, CNN "The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora is a funny-ha-ha, funny-strange, love-is-strange panorama that flows like the tresses of its mythic musical protagonist..." "Indeed, a keen descriptive sense and a full-bodied humanity are the soul of this notable first novel..." "Unlike so many novels involving the mystical, life-shaping properties of music, Nesmith doesn't ask you to merely have faith that the music is important. He's convincing, and his characters -- wonderfully expressive and eccentric -- are believably moved by the music Nesmith dreams up for them." --Christopher Arnott, The Advocate Who is Neftoon Zamora? According to stories, he (or she) was part Zuni, part Martian, part Delta Blues player, and had come from the Great Spirit, Mars, or some place in Mississippi, thousands of years ago. Is Neftoon Zamora merely folklore, a tale told by fools to children? Or does Neftoon Zamora really exist, living in a small, hidden settlement in the mountains of New Mexico? Welcome to THE LONG SANDY HAIR OF NEFTOON ZAMORA, a first novel of magical realism by Michael Nesmith. About the Author: Michael Nesmith is a member of the legendary band the Monkees and is also a successful solo blues musician. He divides his time between Santa Fe and Los Angeles. | 
