- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group) (8 Dec 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 055340928X
- ISBN-13: 978-0553409284
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,068,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This is one of those special novels--a piece of working magic, warm, funny, and sane -that you just want to ride off into the sunset with." - Thomas Pynchon
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When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you - an ambitious, though ineffectual and not entirely ethical young broker - are convinced you are facing the Weekend From Hell.You don't know the half of it! Obviously, before the market reopens on Monday, you're going to have to scramble and scheme to cover your butt, but there's no way you can anticipate the baffling disappearance of a 300-pound psychic, the fall from grace of a born-again monkey, or the intrusion in your life of a tattooed stranger intent on blowing your mind and most of your fuses. Over these fateful three days, you are jerked from one trial and one revelation to another; forced to confront things ranging from mysterious African rituals to legendary amphibians, from tarot card bombshells to street violence, from your own sexuality to outer space.The weekend isn't from Hell, it's from Sirius the Dog Star. And by the time it's over, the glide path of your destiny has been knocked widely askew.You may or may not be a better person, you may or may not have found love, the world may or may not be a different place, yet cosmic connections have been established that cannot be broken.And as an indication of just how strange it has all become, you - prosaic, materialistic, irritable you - are left with a complete understanding of the surprisingly serious phrase 'half asleep in frog pajamas'.
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The day the stock market falls out of bed and breaks its back is the worst day of your life. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
YES!! As one of the critics said, "Robbins continues to pour water on a dozing America." This was my third journey, and my sense of adventure will not be satisfied until I take in all of this author's wonderful novels. "Frog Pajamas" was great!! Tom's sense of a female's point of view amazes me. Gwendolyn's hellacious weekend keeps you on your most comfortable ledge. You can't put it down. Never has Robbins been more descriptive, in my readings, about the mood of Seattle, and the western melting pot of the U.S. But the most interesting character would be that of Larry Diamond, obviously Robbins' personal literary philosopher. Your intelligence increases with every page. It's awesome!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Great characters and intriguing ideas, wild cultural differences, the mysteries of Tarot, frog pajamas.... what more do you want? Easy to read (despite the "you" form) and amusing, with deeper ideas below the surface. If you want something a bit different, this could be for you.
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Robbins takes the reader on an incredibly humorous adventure...pounding out word based comedy with dizzying rapidity and ingenious creativity. His comedic stylings are much like Sedaris and Kennedy Toole...leaving you in fits of laughter and marvelling at his ability to sculpt and string together sentences much like a composer creates music. His humor hits with rapid fire precision and is crafted with tremendous economy...lean and fit with very little excess verbage.
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A great read for the muddled mind!
I really enjoyed this book, it was not only a highly entertaining story but it offers a wake-up call to the reader along the way. Great reading for anytime, anywhere and any place. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kat
Rubbish, "Choose Your Own Adventure"-style writing
Well, I've tried reading Half Asleep In Frog Pyjamas, but I'm afraid I just can't get into it. It's the writing style I can't get on with - it almost feels like I'm reading a... Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2009 by Mrs. K. A. Smurthwaite
Wuf! So long, and thanks for all the frogs
This book is classic Tom Robbins in the sense that almost every page has some hilariously humorous play on words, or unreal observation about real events, including a lot of... Read more
Published on 27 May 2007 by Amanda Richards
Not Tom Robbins' best
Not Tom Robbins' best. This is written irritatingly in the second person "you". It features a cast of unsympathetic characters - a female stockbroker worrying about a market crash,... Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2002 by M. Jones
Slightly disappointing for a Tom Robins
As a great fan, I can say that this book was perhaps the least memorable of all the Tom Robins books. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2000
One of my top ten! Witty and Sexy!
Tom Robbins has done it again! This is the second book I have read by him and he is fast becoming one of my favorite contemporary authors! A must read for any Tom Robbins fan! Read more
Published on 28 May 1999
FLASH: Self-Satisfied Prose is Boring
The prospect of a second person narrative is always exciting... because of the participatory relationship it gives the reader and because it is so difficult to do well. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 1999
This is one of the best books that I have ever read!
Tom Robbins has successfully captured the readers attention by creating a book that subverts the curret paradigm. He is WONDERFUL!
Published on 10 Mar 1999
...still a good time.
Certainly not as satisfying as Skinny Legs and All (but what is?), this book is still a good time. The ending made me scratch my head, but it's full of wonderful words and strange... Read more
Published on 10 Dec 1998
Tom Robbins is a God
Tom Robbins is the best writer I've read in a long time. For those who are looking for a book that can be analyzed and categorized with other books, you will be sorely... Read more
Published on 27 Nov 1998
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