Sweet Dreams [Hardcover]

Michael Frayn (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: The Harvill Press; First Edition edition (August 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002218844
• ISBN-13: 978-0002218849
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,908,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. His novels include Towards the End of the Morning, The Trick of It and Landing on the Sun. Headlong (1999) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, while his most recent novel, Spies (2002), won the Whitbread Novel Award. His fifteen plays range from Noises Off to Copenhagen and most recently Afterlife.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A heavenly delight, July 13, 2001

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This review is from: Sweet Dreams (Hardcover)

Sweet Dreams has long been one of my favorite books, one of the few I've ever cared to reread. The opening section, in which the protagonist seamlessly glides into what we come to understand is heaven, and then discovers its many delights (being able to fly if you want to...or not, 5-star restaurants) is without equal in anything else I've read: elegant, light, perfectly executed, completely delightful. Then, as the story develops, the protagonist goes through apprenticeship, love, early success and fame, midlife crisis, and resolution. It's always done with a light and comic touch, yet deals with profound questions. How Frayn was able to conceive of the story and carry it off is remarkable. It's a crime that this book is not in print, particularly when writers like Anthony Burgess and Margaret Drabble have praised it as one of the best British novels of the late 20th century. Hunt for a used copy--your search will be well repaid!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Possibly one of the funniest books you'll read, February 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Sweet Dreams (Hardcover)

Frayn paints a hilarious and riotous dreamscape featuring a loveable hero who gets to realise his every potential and more, from being a witty dinner-party conversationalist to finding out that he can fly...

Delightful and whimsical, I've yet to come across anyone who has not enjoyed this book.