- Paperback: 294 pages
- Publisher: The Friday Project Limited (21 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0954831845
- ISBN-13: 978-0954831844
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 434,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'The doorbell rang. I looked at my alarm clock. It was 3.00am. I closed my eyes and pretended I hadn't heard it. It rang again. I put on a pair of jeans and answered the door. It was Jesus. 'He looked terrible. His hair was unkempt and there were grey bags under his eyes. He stank of whisky. You had best come in, I said.' So begins a year in the life of The Man Who Fell Asleep - artist, thinker, writer, North Londoner, and alter-ego of Greg Stekelman, the bastard lovechild that James Thurber, Mark Twain and Eddie Izzard never had. Part novel, part journal, part snippets of conversation overheard on the Tube, part collection of drawings of Kevin Spacey and Condaleeza Rice, this unique diary is guaranteed to have you weeping with bemused laughter before you reach the end of the first chapter.
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24 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an amazing book. It takes the form of a diary and tells the story of a year in the life of The Man Who Fell Asleep, an aimless, philosophically-challenged man in London. He encounters celebrities, polar bears and (memorably) Jesus. It's a very funny book but it raises a lot of serious issues about identity, morality and philosophy. In many ways, it's a very London book, but I don't think you need to know London to enjoy the book. It's about a man and his disconnection from his surroundings; a man who takes refuge in fantasy because real life is filled with contradictory, confusing notions. It's a beautifully written book, striking a perfect note between irreverent fantasy and cynical reality. Recommended to anyone with a brain, a sense of humour and imagination.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book to be a hugely refreshing and welcome change from what is usually on offer in book shops. There isn't a plot as such but that is what makes the diary format ideal. The reader is thrown straight into Stekelman's unique style on the very first page when themanwhofellasleep has an encounter with a Jesus very different from what one would expect. The book is never boring slipping effortlessly from the cheeky to the downright outrageous. I defy you to read this on the train and not laugh to yourself; when I was reading the 'Jokes' passage I giggled so much I think a bit of wee came out.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Must say from the reviewers I saw on here I was expecting the book to be very funny but I must say I didn't find it entertaining at all. Full marks for imagination and the book has brief moments of wit but I just didn't get anything out of it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great off-beat and funny
I keep a copy of this book handy for when I feel a bit low or jaded. It never fails to speed me up and make me laugh and every time I read it I think, 'When is Greg Stekelman... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Nellie Cat 4
Worst book ever.
This is the worst book I've ever read. And I don't really like saying that about a book because so many writers have to go through the hoops to get something published. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Canarian
Falling asleep would have been the easy option!
Falling asleep would have been the easy option! Staying awake to read this through to the bitter end was the challenge! Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2009 by Beth Loves Books
Absolutely pointless (or am I missing the point?)
After reading some of the reviews on Amazon for this book I was really looking forward to reading it on holiday. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2008 by David C
Absolutely brilliant
This is the best book that I've read in a very long time (maybe 2 years). It's written as a diary and the entries are pretty much totally unconnected and so some entries are... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2008 by Matthew Parker
truly original voice
this series of short essays/chapters covering a year in the author's life is so funny and idiosyncratic! i stayed up way too late reading it, wanting to read 'just one more'. Read more
Published on 2 May 2007 by meggo
Brilliant
Extremely funny, strange, unique, surrealist; depressing in the good way. Not much to say that hasn't been mentioned, except that you MUST buy this book. You won't regret it. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2007 by ZKS
A literary hallucinogen
The book is a diary of sorts, as the title suggests, spanning a year in the life of the protagonist 'the man who fell asleep'. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2006 by Sausage cabbage
A work of genius
This book is hilarious! A work of genius. I love it. It's got everything you want in a book: a good story, it's really funny, it makes you think and it's a great gift for friends. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2006 by Hypno Toad
Nothing beats a good night's sleep
I love sleeping and who doesn't and that's why I bought this book. I must say that this is the best book I have ever read, the last book I read was Delia Smith's how to cook an egg... Read more
Published on 19 May 2006 by WG Sinclair
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