![I have to take a shower after I read this.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLklM5js-D3ywSY9t_Mlqm6IzrkYqT3fkAIzBE9PRJXJ6b2ikkV4o02P6rdHVF-WQonJicY2qE8TeOAvVKOqfn-h2ycY5NTfU5QrZB87nYQLHMkutEUAvAHVfMns616WPyJYnBd6U80emrQ8osbrE9OYP7NKJjOsPC6DajJO9GHNxmx4VDlyTeA/s1600/2024-0131-whatsbullyreading-thenakedclone1.jpg)
And hey, comics folks, that's artwork by Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage and more) on the cover!
It's a noir down-and-out private eye comedy novel, which each chapter being tag-team written by one of the RiffTrax writers and then left for the next creator to follow up on. Sorta like D Challenge, then, huh? — except a lot more rooting through piles of rats. Among the mysteries half-conscious Nick nolte has to tackle aret he titular (tee hee) clones, missing movie executives, and a multiverse of Nicks, including a duck Nick Nolte, who is (quite logically) named Duck Nolte. Leading to one chapter beginning:
![Wow! This book is educational as well as entertaining!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWkXv95WXDovv0U5FnLU62kSCeImMTctAiV4cGHoN0ZoZ3-_to9b26G9TJtyScTRwhiEcgQSh28xrWrrNTrFLYOXN4TGxO5OudOZ1BbPjOfNLf7wPhPxziRc85Dt6lfNqVrPuV2DxZ6I9CJQo5FovwgHFNdZKvBZsU9za-vgp1EzmfULPenLhjQ/s1600/2024-0131-whatsbullyreading-thenakedclone2.jpg)
That duck later saves Nick Nolte's life.
I suppose the proper place to read this book would be in a grim and gritty place like a taco restaurant in Penn Station, which is exactly where I read this, except Penn Station and its restuarants are no longer noir and are actually more well-lit and clean, which would be a staggering loss to any down-on-his-luck private dick looking for a suitably scene-setting location in which to have his novel read. Believe me: there's a Shake Shack and a Chick-Fil-A scheduled for this place soon.
![Penn Station: no longer a rwetched hive of scum and villainy.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1syXDVtueUq0tK3239Oh03H8nV8_jLNNDPtaw1dec7LDKdpdTdJeQ1YcMzbZ5O8_z_rM6q5wgX8g8Gh_iRFDM7gnNHBphqroJZvpTkMPXHMZOm8JwJ_CvLWAEGpztBiZ8KskvK_COMMOUUIIRCa6akzFFLCm8jOTDDh3wyfRExVLmRUpJwUJI9A/s1600/2024-0131-whatsbullyreading-thenakedclone3.jpg)
I enjoyed The Naked Clone quite a bit, and it was very funny. If you've laughed at Mike Nelson's nolte bits on RiffTrax, pick this one out of your local garbage stuffed dumpster and give it a read.
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