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Sarah is narcoleptic. Her inability to distinguish between dreams and waking reality gives rise to many misunderstandings. For Terry, a disillusioned film critic, sleep is merely a memory. For Dr Dunstan, sleep is nothing less than a global disease.Constructed to reflect the different stages of sleep, The House of Sleep is a brilliant and original comedy about the powers we acquire - and those we relinqish - when we fall asleep, and when we fall in love. "It must be one of the best books ofthe year" - Malcolm Bradbury in the Times
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"Intricately plotted and ingeniously constructed. . . . A deft satire . . . a strange and poignant love story." --The Wall Street Journal "Often disconcerting, sometimes moving, frequently funny. . . . Coe eviscerates the bottom-liners with hilarious bare-toothed ferocity." --The Los Angeles Times Book Review "Jonathan Coe has written a witty, engaging romance that reinvigorates the old saw that life is a dream." --The New York Times Book Review "An epic farce fueled by romance and satire. . . . It is also a hilarious and deeply touching tale. . . .Love, tenderness, affection: The House of Sleep glows with these qualities, and exalts them." --San Francisco Chronicle
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Jonathan Coe is the author of eleven novels, all published by Penguin, which include the highly acclaimed bestsellers What a Carve Up!, The House of Sleep and The Rotters' Club. His most recent novel is Number 11.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140250832
- ISBN 13 9780140250831
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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Book Description Condition: new. English Text. London WC2R ORL, 1998; paperback, cm 12,8x19,8. An engaging comedy in which a group of college friends come together again after a series of events. Each in their own way has an obsession with sleep; Sarah is a narcoleptic, Terry is a film critic who rarely sleeps, while Dr Dunstan believes sleep is a global disease. "It must be one one of the best books of the year" Malcolm Bradbury, The Times. From the author of What A Carve Up!. Seller Inventory # 1762726
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