20 used & new from £0.01
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside another edition of this book

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (Paperback)

by Tom Robbins (Author) "The day the stock market falls out of bed and breaks its back is the worst day of your life ..." (more)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


19 used from £0.01 1 collectible from £4.99
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (1st edition) 31 used & new from £1.45
Paperback (New edition) £9.99 £6.97 20 used & new from £2.23
Paperback (Large Print) 4 used & new from £2.00

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Skinny Legs and All

Skinny Legs and All

by Tom Robbins
4.7 out of 5 stars (25)  £6.96
Jitterbug Perfume

Jitterbug Perfume

by Tom Robbins
4.7 out of 5 stars (57)  £6.84
Still Life with Woodpecker

Still Life with Woodpecker

by Tom Robbins
4.6 out of 5 stars (56)  £7.49
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

by Tom Robbins
4.1 out of 5 stars (36)  £6.93
Wild Ducks Flying Backward

Wild Ducks Flying Backward

by Tom Robbins
£6.97
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (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 (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 583,922 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category:

    #27 in  Books > Fiction > Cult Authors > Robbins, Tom

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you - an ambitious, though ineffectual and not entirely ethical stockbroker - are facing the Weekend From Hell. Jerked from one trial and revelation to another, by the time it is over, the path of your destiny has been knocked askew.
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence
The day the stock market falls out of bed and breaks its back is the worst day of your life. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(1)
(2)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
57% buy the item featured on this page:
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas 4.0 out of 5 stars (26)
Skinny Legs and All
13% buy
Skinny Legs and All 4.7 out of 5 stars (25)
£6.96
Still Life with Woodpecker
11% buy
Still Life with Woodpecker 4.6 out of 5 stars (56)
£7.49
Jitterbug Perfume
11% buy
Jitterbug Perfume 4.7 out of 5 stars (57)
£6.84
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

26 Reviews
5 star:
 (13)
4 star:
 (5)
3 star:
 (4)
2 star:
 (2)
1 star:
 (2)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (26 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Be Amphibious, but don't be a toadpuff, 26 Jun 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (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!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not Tom Robbins' best, 17 Nov 2002
By M. Jones (Port Moresby) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (Paperback)
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.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A bombastic, fast-paced, highly creative, and comical novel, 30 Jul 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (Paperback)
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.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

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 9 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 28 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 12 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 10 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

5.0 out of 5 stars Frogs From Mars
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
Published on 14 Nov 1998

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject








i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.