"Equal parts cultural history and gonzo participatory journalism, in Naked at Lunch, Mark Haskell Smith bravely bares all to lay bare the amusing and provocative world of nudism. "Our knight in shining lotion" (Los Angeles Review of Books) publicly disrobes for the first time in Palm Springs, shops naked for produce in France, hikes the alps in boots and nothing else, and cruises on the Big Nude Boat with nudists of all ages. "Smith makes you laugh and think," (Kirkus Reviews) as he dives into how, from ancient Greek athletes to Weimar Germans to American GIs, people have long dropped trou in public for reasons other than sex."--