- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Flame (4 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340792825
- ISBN-13: 978-0340792827
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,813,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'If you really want to know how men behave when they're behaving really badly, read this. This is very funny'
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Joe's job in PR makes him sick, his family is imploding and his ideal woman suspects that he may be retarded. When his little sister falls pregnant, his widowed mother summons him back home. If that wasn't confusing enough, Joe may be responsible for his ideal woman losing her job.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the funniest book i have read in a long time. So fresh and yet so real. Everybody can relate to the main character (Joe) in some fashion or if not they surely know somebody like him. A dead on guy who just lacks self confidence and is extremely unlucky or just thinks he is. The phraseology and bizarre but lyrical language really intensifies some of Joe's and his friends hilarous mishaps. Things start off for Joe with some mundane regularity but he seems stuck in a rut and definitely not happy with his lot.....his job...his always depressed family...his lack of a love life etc. But before things get better they get worse.....then worse again and then when you think its finally getting better for Joe things escalate into an unbelievable clutter of disasters. The book loses some of its humour towards the latter half but by this time you know and feel sorry for Joe so much you just cant put it down....willing for things to finally come good for him. Totally hillarious & refreshing read......or maybe it just appeals to irish humour
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'Dead Cat Bounce' does not pretend to be anything other than middle of the road lad lit - and it certainly did not fail here. The story follows an Irish 20 something as he goes though a set of crises that don't really capture the imagination. Coupled to this is the feeling that at the end nothing is concluded either.
As a whole it is quite a poor first novel with little to encourage me to try any other books by the author.
Format:Paperback
This is a book for anyone who is familiar with the Irish male,a fairly strange beast.Poor Joe just can't escape from his mother and the dramas which unfold in his family household.He tries to get on with life in his Dublin bedsit but he hates his job and he doesn't seem to have what it takes with the women.A 19 year old gets pregnant and a factory might be closing are not exactly high drama stuff but somehow it is all veey compelling.It is certainly very funny.The use of expletives to punctuate the text might put off a more sensitive [esp. English ]reader but believe me,this is a modern Irish reality.I can relate to this book all too well as an Irish female but I hope it will have a much wider appeal.Next book soon please!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
An entertaining read
A fun read behind a wonderful cover. It's 'lad fic' at its best - boy in foul bedsit has family problems, woman frustration and family nightmares. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2002 by Mark Wallace
superb debut
The book starts at a blindingly funny pace with various everyday situations that i personally could relate to. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2001
Funny Saturday morning lazy type of read
Although I generally liked the book and thought it genuinely funny I can't agree with many of the previous reviews. Poor Joe ? Rubbish ! Read more
Published on 23 May 2001
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