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Search - Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
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Book Description:
When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you an ambitious, although ineffectual and not entirely ethical young broker are convinced you're facing the Weekend from Hell. Before the market reopens on Monday, you're going to have to scramble and scheme to cover your butt, but there's no way you can anticipate the baffling disappearance of a 300-pound psychic, the fall from grace of a born-again monkey, or the intrusion in your life of a tattooed stranger intent on blowing your mind and most of your fuses. Over these fateful three days, you will be forced to confront everything from mysterious African rituals to legendary amphibians, from tarot-card bombshells to street violence, from your own sexuality to outer space. This is, after all, a Tom Robbins novel and the author has never been in finer form.Members who requested this book also requested:
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Genres:Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Paperback
Top Member Reviews
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not too bad fare from Tom Robbins. The narrative hook of the author breaking the "third wall" is a bit played with his work, but still a decent read none the less.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I'm a big Tom Robbins fan but this book was hard to get into. I can usually read them straight through in one sitting, but this one took me over two weeks to read.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Typical fast and wild Robbins. Loved it.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A wild ride, great for someone who likes books that are fast paced and random.
Alison A. from DALLAS, TX wrote on 2/18/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wildly entertaining.
Rate These Member Reviews
May Ling L. (This is the first book I've read by Tom Robbins. Controversial yet up-beat and comical at the same time. I decent read for someone who is looking for something different.
Melissa F. (I love Tom Robbins. This is another typical Robbins novel with lots of alternative ideas. My second favorite of his, after "Jitterbug Perfume".
This is my second fave by Tom Robbins (Still Life with Woodpecker is numero uno!). You will not want to put this down and it will have you laughing until you ache!
Robbins offers a wild and wacky trip featuring, among other things, a stock market crash and various philosophies about meaning and the origins of cultures. Gwen, an endangered stockbroker, is involved with strait-laced Belford and his born-again monkey. When she is attracted to Larry-who has cancer and is currently between trips to Timbuktu-she must choose among the American dream, the Timbuktu alternate, and something else. The book is a whirlwind of mad incidents, semiprofound observations, and an endless supply of great lines. The author of Skinny Legs and All (LJ 3/1/90) has come up with a very funny book that might incite a bit of thinking as well as laughter.
Sara C. from HOXIE, AR wrote on 8/20/2005...Loved this book-funny, cynical, drama-I think it will appeal to everyone, especially Robbins fans.
From Library Journal
Robbins offers a wild and wacky trip featuring, among other things, a stock market crash and various philosophies about meaning and the origins of cultures. Gwen, an endangered stockbroker, is involved with strait-laced Belford and his born-again monkey. When she is attracted to Larry-who has cancer and is currently between trips to Timbuktu-she must choose among the American dream, the Timbuktu alternate, and something else. The book is a whirlwind of mad incidents, semiprofound observations, and an endless supply of great lines. The author of Skinny Legs and All (LJ 3/1/90) has come up with a very funny book that might incite a bit of thinking as well as laughter.