- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Hutchinson (2 July 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091926041
- ISBN-13: 978-0091926045
- Product Dimensions: 15.8 x 3 x 24 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 810,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A brilliantly funny debut novel about getting clean and coming clean...
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You meet everyone in the rooms...
English literary agent Patrick Miller came to New York dreaming of joining the big league, only to find himself selling celebrity dog books.
But when he spots the legendary novelist Douglas Kelsey on the street and follows him into an AA meeting, a world of opportunity beckons. Patrick enters a den of sex addicts, junkies and pill-poppers, all rubbing shoulders with the reclusive Kelsey.
Who knew that sobriety offered such networking possibilities? Or that the women would be so attractive?
There's only one small problem. Patrick doesn't have a problem - not with alcohol, nor with drugs, just with that little thing they call the truth. As everyone is beginning to find out...
Part Nick Hornby, part Jay McInerney, with a dash of vermouth, In the Rooms is a warm, sharply observed comedy about sex, lies and second chances.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
It's as good as it gets
12 Jun 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I found Tom Shone in one of his razor sharp literary columns ripping some poor soul about something which I can't remember; however, his writing was so extraordinary that I was moved to find another of his offerings. Up popped "In the Rooms."
In my lifetime I've only read a handful of authors whom I would classify as "the best of the best." Tom Shone rests comfortably near the top of that list. Besides telling a story that is filled with a laugh-till-you-cry brand of slightly bent British humor, his literary mechanics are simply flawless. Rarely, if ever, have I found myself more absorbed in the quality of the author's writing than I did in his very interesting story. He writes with such flair and pace that I would revisit passage after passage just to savor his incredible style and skill. Carefully woven subtle punch lines and over your shoulder looks create a fast moving can't-wait-for-the-next-page kind of read. It's the type of novel that is so well written, it makes a new author ponder another vocation since he'll never be able to obtain Tom Shone's level of excellence ... I know, I'm that scribe.
William O. Wing
In my lifetime I've only read a handful of authors whom I would classify as "the best of the best." Tom Shone rests comfortably near the top of that list. Besides telling a story that is filled with a laugh-till-you-cry brand of slightly bent British humor, his literary mechanics are simply flawless. Rarely, if ever, have I found myself more absorbed in the quality of the author's writing than I did in his very interesting story. He writes with such flair and pace that I would revisit passage after passage just to savor his incredible style and skill. Carefully woven subtle punch lines and over your shoulder looks create a fast moving can't-wait-for-the-next-page kind of read. It's the type of novel that is so well written, it makes a new author ponder another vocation since he'll never be able to obtain Tom Shone's level of excellence ... I know, I'm that scribe.
William O. Wing
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Easy Does It
29 Jun 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Viewed from the point of a recovering alcoholic the book is quite different than most reviewers see it. It is full of the funny, quirky, feeling, dilusional, denial that we experience done up in a new way. It also portrays the out of control spiral we get into as we try to over-control our lives. I saw myself on every page. All the material anyone need for an AA Step 1.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Over-thinking
20 May 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book operates on two levels. It is a sophisticated satire on literary life in New York City, full of insider references to the high end of the world of books and writers. It can be read for pure entertainment and is very funny. Patrick Miller, the first person narrator, writes in the style of the laddish Brits (Hornby, Barnes and both Amises) and admires the American minimalist dirty realists (Carver and Ford etc) and has some clever things to say about them.
It is also a profound investigation of the AA paradox. The paradox is the AA insistence that you must surrender some part of your reasoning power although reason is what makes you want to stop drinking. How can brilliant creative people reconcile themselves to this?
It is also a profound investigation of the AA paradox. The paradox is the AA insistence that you must surrender some part of your reasoning power although reason is what makes you want to stop drinking. How can brilliant creative people reconcile themselves to this?
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