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Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (Paperback)

by Tom Robbins (Author)
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  • Paperback: 386 pages
  • Publisher: No Exit Press; New edition edition (1 May 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 184243036X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842430361
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,945 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you - an ambitious, although ineffectual and not entirely ethical young broker - are convinced you're facing the Weekend from Hell. 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 will be forced to confront everything from mysterious African rituals to legendary amphibians, from tarot-card bombshells to street violence, from your own sexuality to outer space. This is, after all, a Tom Robbins novel - and the author has never been in finer form.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Be Amphibious, but don't be a toadpuff, 26 Jun 1999
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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!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not Tom Robbins' best, 17 Nov 2002
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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, her born-again boyfriend pursuing a lost monkey, a psychic who disappears and a former stockbroker who's just returned from a trip to Timbuktoo. Add it all together and this does not a great novel make. By the time you get to the end you have ceased to care what happens.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A bombastic, fast-paced, highly creative, and comical novel, 30 Jul 1999
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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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1.0 out of 5 stars 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 5 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Smurthwaite

3.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars wierd and wonderful
Great characters and intriguing ideas, wild cultural differences, the mysteries of Tarot, frog pajamas.... what more do you want? Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 29 May 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars 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 13 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 11 Mar 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars ...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... Read more
Published on 10 Dec 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars 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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This was the most fun I have had with a book since "Skinny Legs and all". Set once again in the Seattle area the books covers the universe from Timbuktu to Sirius C... Read more
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