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Jonathan Coe
ISBN: 9780141033303
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
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Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has had his life changed for ever by the misunderstandings arising from her condition; Terry, the insomniac, spends his nights fuelling his obsession with movies; and the Dr Gregory Dudden sees sleep as a life-shortening disease which must be eradicated.
Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has had his life changed for ever by the misunderstandings arising from her condition; Terry, the insomniac, spends his wakeful nights fuelling his obsession with movies; and the increasingly unstable Dr Gregory Dudden sees sleep as a life-shortening disease which must be eradicated. A group of students sharing a house. They fall in and out of love, they drift apart. Yet a decade later they are drawn back together by a series of coincidences involving their obsession with sleep - and each other...
| ISBN | 0141033304 | | Pages | 352 | | ISBN13 | 9780141033303
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 244 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780140250831 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 19 May 2008 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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Moving, clever, pleasurable, smart ... one of the best books of the year -- Malcolm Bradbury The Times There are bits that make you laugh out loud and others which make your heart ache Guardian Fiercely clever, witty, wise, hopeful ... a compellingly beautiful tale of love and loss Times Literary Supplement Remarkable ... a wonderful bedtime read Sunday Times  Be the first to write a customer review
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