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A Year in the Life of the Man Who Fell Asleep (Paperback)

by Greg Stekelman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: The Friday Project Limited (2 May 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0954831845
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954831844
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 277,215 in Books (See Bestsellers 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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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing, original book., 23 Jun 2006
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.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Original and Hilarious, 23 Nov 2007
By Ms. R. S. Dampare (London, England) - See all my reviews
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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.
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15 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic, funny book - totally unique, 17 April 2006
I was lucky enough to get hold of a copy of this book a few days before it was released and I've been sitting around the house laughing to myself and looking like an idiot. It's certainly a unique read. The novel takes the form of a surreal journal spanning a year in the life of the central character TheManWhoFellAsleep (we never do find out his real name). You're never quite sure what is real and what is fantasy but it doesn't really matter, because the book is just a hilarious, surreal, strange read. Just when you're laughing yourself silly, Stekelman comes up with a really depressing observation, and just when the book gets morbid or sad, he comes up with something so surreal and off-the-wall that you can't help but laugh. It's a strange book, but in a fresh, original way. The prose itself is quite sparse and minimal, but I think that suits the mood of the central character. Stekelman explores lots of different ideas - celebrity, religion, identity and family, and lots of the best scenes in the book involve his hilarious lunchtime meetings with Jesus or Justin Timberlake or the local Mafia. Very stupid and very clever. Oh, and I love the tube gossip!
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