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
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

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