OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
Autor Patrick Freyneen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2021
'One of the year's funniest books'i Paper
'Funny, smart, soulful and sometimes devastating ... It made me laugh and cry' EMILIE PINE, author ofNotes to Self
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Patrick Freyne has tried a lot of stupid ideas in his life. Now, he is here to tell you about them: like the time (aged 5) he opened a gate and let a horse out of its field, just to see what would happen; or the time (aged 19) he jumped out of a plane for charity, even though he didn't much care about the charity and was sure he'd end up dead; or the time (aged old enough to know better) he used a magazine as a funnel for fuel when the petrol cap on his band's van broke.
He has also learned a few things: about the power of group song; about the beauty of physically caring for another human being; about childlessness; about losing friends far too young. Life as seen through the eyes of Patrick Freyne is stranger, funnier and a lot more interesting than life as we generally know it. Like David Sedaris or Nora Ephron, he creates an environment all his own - fundamentally comic, sometimes moving, always deeply humane.OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Ideais a joyous reading experience from an instantly essential new writer.
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'Patrick Freyne is a comic genius' MARIAN KEYES
'Clever, lovely and great, great fun' RODDY DOYLE
'Funny and adorable' NINA STIBBE
'The most gorgeous and heartbreaking book about humans and why we need each other' DAISY BUCHANAN
'Hilariously, painfully, Freynefully brilliant'JOSEPH O'CONNOR
'Wonderful ... One of my books of the year' RYAN TUBRIDY
'Full of humour and tenderness, this book is an absolute JOY'SINÉAD GLEESON
'F*cking fantastic. Patrick is a brilliant writer' BLINDBOY BOATCLUB
'A cracking, sad, funny, honest, brave and hilarious read' LIZ NUGENT
'Guffaw-out-loud funny'Business Post
'A writer of rare humour, depth, and humanity. These essays are a delight' MARK O'CONNELL, author ofTo Be a Machine
'Goosebumps! Guffaws! It's got it all. I love this book' DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241992531
ISBN-10: 0241992532
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241992532
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Patrick
Freynespent
most
of
his
twenties
trying
to
be
a
rock
star
before
turning
to
the
much
more
stable
and
secure
world
of
journalism.
He
is
a
features
writer
at
theIrish
Times.OK,
Let's
Do
Your
Stupid
Ideais
his
first
book.
Recenzii
One
of
the
year's
funniest
books...
witty,
wise
and
worth
returning
to
again
and
again
Funny, smart, soulful and sometimes devastating, this book shows life in all its shades. It made me laugh and cry
Warm, wry, charming, absorbing... It'sthe most gorgeous and heartbreaking bookabout humans and why we need each other
Funny and adorable
I was reminded - very happily reminded - of Kurt Vonnegut. But Patrick Freyne is his own writer and this book isclever, lovely and great, great fun
Patrick Freyne has a distinct and enviable gift for story-telling ...Full of humour and tenderness, this book is an absolute JOY
One of the best-written, smartest and gosh-darn-it funniest books I've read in a very long while
Hilariously, painfully, Freynefully brilliant
Whether he's writing about his childhood on a military base, working in a kebab shop with a nazi in his teens, playing in punk bands in his twenties, or grappling with the question of whether to have children,Patrick Freyne is a writer of rare humour, depth, and humanity. These essays are a delight
A cracking, sad, funny, honest, brave and hilarious read
No one makes me laugh like Patrick Freyne
Superb... The stories move frombreathtakingly vulnerable to extraordinarily funny, and all with such skill and lightness of touch.I loved it
I don't know another writer who could balance poignancy and hilarity with such grace ...Goosebumps! Guffaws! It's got it all. I love this book
Guffaw-out-loud funny
A riotous read from the get-go... An absolute tonic for our times
F*cking fantastic. Patrick is a brilliant writer
Lovely ... It's very worth reading
A wonderful book... done with a gorgeous twist of humour and great emotional insight ...One of my books of the year
Exquisite ...One of the funniest writers in Ireland
Immensely readable, warm, human and very, very funny
Pixies were loud-quiet-loud. Patrick Freyne is funny-sad-funny. I really loved his new book
Readers are sure to find themselves touched by Freyne's writing ... Delightful
Freyne'sthoroughly entertainingdebut is a flash of warmth and wit in the darkness
Genuinely moving... [It] will evoke warmth in anyone who isn't totally sociopathic
Adelightfulinsight into the mind of thehilariousPatrick Freyne
So honest, so funny,and most importantly, 11/10 for self-deprecation
Brilliant ... An absolute mind hug
Freyne's radar is precision-honed to find the madness within the mundane
More moving that I ever expected and somehow funnier than I assumed
Funny, smart, soulful and sometimes devastating, this book shows life in all its shades. It made me laugh and cry
Warm, wry, charming, absorbing... It'sthe most gorgeous and heartbreaking bookabout humans and why we need each other
Funny and adorable
I was reminded - very happily reminded - of Kurt Vonnegut. But Patrick Freyne is his own writer and this book isclever, lovely and great, great fun
Patrick Freyne has a distinct and enviable gift for story-telling ...Full of humour and tenderness, this book is an absolute JOY
One of the best-written, smartest and gosh-darn-it funniest books I've read in a very long while
Hilariously, painfully, Freynefully brilliant
Whether he's writing about his childhood on a military base, working in a kebab shop with a nazi in his teens, playing in punk bands in his twenties, or grappling with the question of whether to have children,Patrick Freyne is a writer of rare humour, depth, and humanity. These essays are a delight
A cracking, sad, funny, honest, brave and hilarious read
No one makes me laugh like Patrick Freyne
Superb... The stories move frombreathtakingly vulnerable to extraordinarily funny, and all with such skill and lightness of touch.I loved it
I don't know another writer who could balance poignancy and hilarity with such grace ...Goosebumps! Guffaws! It's got it all. I love this book
Guffaw-out-loud funny
A riotous read from the get-go... An absolute tonic for our times
F*cking fantastic. Patrick is a brilliant writer
Lovely ... It's very worth reading
A wonderful book... done with a gorgeous twist of humour and great emotional insight ...One of my books of the year
Exquisite ...One of the funniest writers in Ireland
Immensely readable, warm, human and very, very funny
Pixies were loud-quiet-loud. Patrick Freyne is funny-sad-funny. I really loved his new book
Readers are sure to find themselves touched by Freyne's writing ... Delightful
Freyne'sthoroughly entertainingdebut is a flash of warmth and wit in the darkness
Genuinely moving... [It] will evoke warmth in anyone who isn't totally sociopathic
Adelightfulinsight into the mind of thehilariousPatrick Freyne
So honest, so funny,and most importantly, 11/10 for self-deprecation
Brilliant ... An absolute mind hug
Freyne's radar is precision-honed to find the madness within the mundane
More moving that I ever expected and somehow funnier than I assumed