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| The House of Sleep | 
 enlarge | Author: Jonathan Coe
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 112456
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0141033304
EAN: 9780141033303
ASIN: 0141033304
Publication Date: May 19, 2008
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 Pulp liberal June 23, 2008
My main problem with this book was that it panders to my own left wing Yogurt weaving prejudices about 'the man' in very obvious way. For example the obviously Tory evil doctor has more akin to a private Eye cartoon character than even the worst Thatcher period minister. Please, Please, please, Mr Coe;
can we have some believable evil right wing villians to hate. That is if your not really a computer designed to cut and paste plots and characters
for the Guardian reading (me included), right on demographic to slobber over.
Might work better as a mini series on BBC two though.
 Some really dark moments October 23, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Brilliantly constructed follow-up to What a Carve Up! A group of students share a house in the early 1980s and despite their intense impact on one another they appear to go their separate ways. But things are not that simple and their paths will cross again. The whole book is suffused with theories of sleep and dreams which are in themselves fascinating even if we don't know how much of the information given has any real scientific background.
Alternate chapters recount the story from the 1980s and from June 1996. The student house becomes a private clinic specializing in sleep disorders run by the ghastly Gregory who was Sarah's sadistic lover in student days. Terry, a friend of Sarah's, arrives as a patient and is surprised that Gregory's assistant Cleo reminds him of Robert and wonders if she could be his sister.
Lots of very funny bits but with some really dark moments. The whole structure is all very cleverly worked out - it propels the reader (well, me anyway) along as you really want to know how everything turns out.
 House Of Sleep October 3, 2007
This book improves the further you read - I found the initial chapters a little hard going. However, I was gripped by the end and enjoyed the twists in the latter part.
 Memorable book May 28, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I say this book is memorable but I seem to have forgotten large chunks of it - well, I have slept a lot since I read it. It's set in a sleep clinic and it collects the stories of various characters. I thought it was an original idea for a novel and it is very entertaining and moving too. Excellent book. I wish life was long enough to re read books; if it were, this is one I'd re read.
bravo February 10, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
i was entertained educated amused..... contains everythng a good novel should.. it made me wistful for my student days...
i would love to visit the cafe/book shop that the chactors inhibt..
well worth reading ...
a gem
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