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Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man's Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand |  | Creator: Andrew Gottlieb Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat Category: Book
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Seller: horizonbb Rating: 32 reviews Sales Rank: 2212
Media: Paperback Pages: 240 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0802170528 Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780802170521 ASIN: 0802170528
Publication Date: February 14, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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In Drink, Play, F@#k Bob Sullivan, a jilted husband, sets off to explore the world, experience a meaningful connection with the divine, and rediscover his passion. His travels lead him from his home in New York City to a drinking bender across Ireland, through the glitz and glamour that is Las Vegas, and to the hedonistic pleasure palaces of Thailand. After a lifetime of playing it safe, Mr. Sullivan finally follows his heart and lives out everyone's deepest fantasies. For who among us hasn't dreamed of standing stark naked, head upturned, and mouth agape beneath a cascading torrent of Guinness Stout? What could be more exhilarating than losing every penny you have because Charlie Weiss went for a meaningless last-second field goal? And what sensate creature could ever doubt that the greatest pleasure known to man can be found in a leaky bamboo shack filled with glassy-eyed, bruised Asian hookers? Bob Sullivan has a lot to teach us about life. Let's just pray we have the wisdom to put aside our preconceptions and listen. Because what Bob Sullivan finds isn't at all what he expected.
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Genius. Pure Genius. Wish I'd Thought Of It First. March 23, 2009 A. Revel (Australia) 19 out of 22 found this review helpful
Three words for this hysterical, witty, GENIUS novel. 1: Oh. 2: My. 3: God. A satire on the novel Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert), comedian writer Andrew Gottlieb nails the angry husband who takes a year off dedicated to drinking, gambling and, well, f@#king. The protagonist, Bob Sullivan, is in Ireland when he notes that his ex-wife was on "some kind of whirlwind transcontinental spiritual journey. Yet one more idea of mine that she copied that I'll never get any credit for." (page 51). The intrinsic connections to the Eat Pray Love story are masterful without being overwhelming or obvious - so much so, this story would stand alone if you'd never even heard of Eat Pray Love. If every story has two sides, Drink Play F@#k is a convincing version of a scorned husband's tale of a marriage break-up and subsequent quests to discover what really matters in life: happiness.
Way too funny! February 18, 2009 J. McHugh (San Diego) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Okay, so I'm up to only chapter 6 myself, but this guy is KILLing me! I read Eat, Pray, Love...as did my daughter and my daughter-in-law and we all LOVED it; so when I saw this irreverent title, I just HAD to get a copy. No, make that THREE copies. One for me, one for my son, and one for my son-in-law. My daughter was reading the back cover and starting cracking up at that! Can't wait to get home after work and read more!!
I'm two thirds of the way there... February 23, 2009 Nick S. (NYC) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm rolling in the aisles. So far I'm drinking and playing and I'm on my way to the good stuff. I've bought copies for everyone I went to college with.
the jilted husband in eat love pray strikes back March 8, 2009 Roger M. Young (North Charleston, South Carolina United States) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't know if the author is the former husband of the woman who wrote Eat, Pray, Love, but regardless this is a brilliant satire of that book and clearly written from that viewpoint. That was a good book in its right, but this is much funnier. It presents the male fantasy of what you'd do if your wife ran off with another man and then went on a year-long, world-wide search to find herself. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and found it also gave me some things to think about. Highly recommended.
Very very funny!!! August 19, 2009 Nanny Abroad (Madrid, Spain) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a summer read and because I enjoyed the book it parodied, but I think I enjoyed this book even more. Several times I was trying to muffle my laughs as I read this at the pool but to no avail. I can't say whether or not you'll find it as funny but I would enthusiastically recommend it.
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