OK, Let’s Do Your Stupid Idea

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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 charity, 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.

© Patrick Freyne 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

  • 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, absorbing … It’s the most gorgeous and heartbreaking book about humans and why we need each other

    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

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