- Published: 4 June 2020
- ISBN: 9780241988190
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 224
OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
- Published: 4 June 2020
- ISBN: 9780241988190
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 224
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
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
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
Hilariously, painfully, Freynefully brilliant
Joseph O'Connor
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 is a comic genius
Marian Keyes
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
One of the best-written, smartest and gosh-darn-it funniest books I've read in a very long while
Séamus O'Reilly
Guffaw-out-loud funny
Business Post
A riotous read from the get-go ... An absolute tonic for our times
RTÉ Guide
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
A cracking, sad, funny, honest, brave and hilarious read
Liz Nugent, via Twitter
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
Pixies were loud-quiet-loud. Patrick Freyne is funny-sad-funny. I really loved his new book
Ed O'Loughlin, via Twitter
Exquisite ... One of the funniest writers in Ireland
Irish Examiner
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
So honest, so funny, and most importantly, 11/10 for self-deprecation
Sarah Breen
Warm, wry, charming, absorbing ... It's the most gorgeous and heartbreaking book about humans and why we need each other
Daisy Buchanan, via Twitter
Brilliant ... An absolute mind hug
Niall Breslin
Immensely readable, warm, human and very, very funny
Irish Daily Star
A delightful insight into the mind of the hilarious Patrick Freyne
Irish Country Magazine
Freyne's radar is precision-honed to find the madness within the mundane
Sunday Independent
Funny and adorable
Nina Stibbe
One of the year's funniest books ... witty, wise and worth returning to again and again
i Paper
More moving that I ever expected and somehow funnier than I assumed
Emer McLysaght, Irish Times, Best Books of 2020