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OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
Patrick Freyne
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Description for OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
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LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 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 of Notes to Self
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Patrick Freyne has tried a lot of stupid ideas in his life. Now, in his scintillating debut, 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 ... Read morecharity, 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 Idea is 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
'Patrick Freyne is a writer of rare humour, depth, and humanity. These essays are a delight' MARK O'CONNELL, author of To Be a Machine
'Goosebumps! Guffaws! It's got it all. I love this book' DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA
'This book is truly gorgeous and deserves to be read' EITHNE SHORTALL
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Place of Publication
London, Ireland
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About Patrick Freyne
Patrick Freyne spent 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 the Irish Times. OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea is his first book.
Reviews for OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
Patrick Freyne is a comic genius
Marian Keyes One of the year's funniest books ... witty, wise and worth returning to again and again
i Paper
Funny, smart, soulful and sometimes devastating, this book shows life in all its shades. It made me laugh and cry
Emilie Pine, author of Notes to Self Warm, wry, charming, ... Read moreabsorbing ... It's the most gorgeous and heartbreaking book about humans and why we need each other
Daisy Buchanan
via Twitter
Funny and adorable
Nina Stibbe I was reminded - very happily reminded - of Kurt Vonnegut. But Patrick Freyne is his own writer and this book is clever, lovely and great, great fun
Roddy Doyle Patrick Freyne has a distinct and enviable gift for story-telling ... Full of humour and tenderness, this book is an absolute JOY
Sinéad Gleeson, author of Constellations One of the best-written, smartest and gosh-darn-it funniest books I've read in a very long while
Séamus O'Reilly Hilariously, painfully, Freynefully brilliant
Joseph O'Connor 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
Mark O'Connell, author of To Be a Machine A cracking, sad, funny, honest, brave and hilarious read
Liz Nugent
via Twitter
No one makes me laugh like Patrick Freyne
Paul Howard Superb ... The stories move from breathtakingly vulnerable to extraordinarily funny, and all with such skill and lightness of touch. I loved it
Louise O'Neill 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
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
via Twitter
Guffaw-out-loud funny
Business Post
A riotous read from the get-go ... An absolute tonic for our times
RTÉ Guide
F
cking fantastic. Patrick is a brilliant writer
Blindboy Boatclub
via Twitter
Lovely ... It's very worth reading
Dara Ó Briain
via Twitter
A wonderful book ... done with a gorgeous twist of humour and great emotional insight ... One of my books of the year
Ryan Tubridy
RTÉ Radio 1
Exquisite ... One of the funniest writers in Ireland
Irish Examiner
Immensely readable, warm, human and very, very funny
Irish Daily Star
Pixies were loud-quiet-loud. Patrick Freyne is funny-sad-funny. I really loved his new book
Ed O'Loughlin
via Twitter
Readers are sure to find themselves touched by Freyne's writing ... Delightful
Journal.ie
Freyne's thoroughly entertaining debut is a flash of warmth and wit in the darkness
Totally Dublin
Genuinely moving ... [It] will evoke warmth in anyone who isn't totally sociopathic
Hot Press
A delightful insight into the mind of the hilarious Patrick Freyne
Irish Country Magazine
So honest, so funny, and most importantly, 11/10 for self-deprecation
Sarah Breen Brilliant ... An absolute mind hug
Niall Breslin Freyne's radar is precision-honed to find the madness within the mundane
Sunday Independent
More moving that I ever expected and somehow funnier than I assumed
Emer McLysaght
Irish Times, Best Books of 2020
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