ST. JOHN OF THE MIDFIELD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR '08

Join Garasamo Maccagnone, author of the literary fiction novel, St. John of the Midfield (Booksurge, Nov. '07), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion! Garasamo "Gary" Maccagnone is the author of the children's book, The Suburban Dragon, the collection of short stores entitled, The Affliction of Dreams, and the novel, St. John of the Midfield. You can visit his website at http://www.garasamomaccagnone.com/. St. John of the Midfield Synopsis: An almost mystical story of Bobo Stoikov, one of the world's greatest soccer players, who escaptes death in communist Bulgaria to find the American Dream. Due to sever injury during Bobo's escape, he is unable to play once he arrives in America. Though he finds peace and happiness in simply coaching soccer to youth travel teams, his eccentric ways of teaching and his success lead to a hate-filled rivalry, and eventually, his death. Read the Excerpt! It was show time. As a boy, I had performed the routine a thousand times for my uncles. I took off my shirt. My dad brought the gloves in from the laundry room, where several pair always hung from hooks above the washer. As he tightened them on my hands, he said to Luca, “Here we go Luca, if you want to be a great fighter: you have to know your history.” I got into my stance. My father began by calling out George Foreman’s name. From there, I became the scowling George Foreman; I moved around the kitchen, shadow boxing with my hands high and open, like a girl playing patty-cake, pushing my opponent back, pushing him back, and hammering left and right hooks to his body. My father then called out “Smokin Joe Frazier” so I got on my toes, began bobbing my head up and down, started ducking, moving to my right to protect my bad eye, and started throwing a round house hook that could lift my opponent right off his feet. Luca followed the action. Just like my uncles, his head and shoulders moved to the right and left as I postured around the kitchen in between the sink, the stove, and the table. When my father shouted Marciano, I crouched down like a man passing a kidney stone, reached my left arm out to measure where my opponent was, and then when close enough, I started wailing right and left upper cuts to my imaginary foe’s body, punches which would suck the breath right out of a man and then my father shouted Joe Louis, so I was back up in a classical stance, head high like a regal king, slowly inching forward, zinging my opponent with quick left jabs until I could clock him with my powerful right. St. JOHN OF THE MIDFIELD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR '08 will officially begin on Feb. 1, 2008 and continue all month. If you would like to follow Gary's tour, visit http://www.virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/. Leave a comment and become eligible to win a free copy at the end of his tour! One lucky winner will be announced on this page on February 29! ******* Gary's virtual book tour is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours at http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com/ and choreographed by Cheryl Malandrinos. Tags: Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours, online book promotion, author publicity, virtual book tour, book promotion, Garasamo Maccagnone, St. John on the Midfield, literary fiction, famous soccer player, communist Bulgaria, coaching soccer, youth travel teams