Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas

By: Tom Robbins

Narrated by: Barry Bostwick

Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

Imagine this: When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you, an ambitious broker, not overly successful or ethical, know you're facing the Weekend from Hell. With only 72 hours to scheme and scramble your way out of this nightmare, you find yourself confronted with a 300-pound psychic, a tattooed stranger, African rituals, legendary amphibians, outer space, and your own sexuality. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, the highly praised novel from Tom Robbins, places the listener at the center of a wildly psychotic journey. When it is over, will you - and the world - be wiser, sadder, better in some way? Or merely possessed of a complete understanding of the surprisingly serious phrase, "half asleep in frog pajamas?"

©1994 by Tom Robbins (P)1995 by Dove Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Trying to describe a Tom Robbins novel by summarizing its plot is like pointing to a snowflake and asking someone to grasp the concept of downhill skiing." (The Los Angeles Times)

Robbins is a great crafter of words

This was my first Robbins book, but won't be my last. His phrasing is laugh out loud funny. The book didn't get the 5th star from me because of Bostwick's narration. Barry trying to do Steve Martin while telling the tale from the prospective of a small, squeaky voiced woman just didn't work. However, Tom Robbins work came shining through.

Good story, phenomenal performance.

Solid, enjoyable and thought provoking as any Tom Robbins novel. Barry Bostwick's performance really bri.gs the characters to life, and was so engrossing I am eager to hear more from him.

wacky and philosophical

Whenever I read or listen to a Tom Robbins book, I aways marvel at the way the layers, the concepts and the crazy characters are woven together.
This is probably one of my favorite books of his. Give it a listen, but be ready to have an open mind to embrace all the concepts that he presents to you.

Crazy fun story

Loved the creative descriptions of well, everything! Tom Robins always offers such unusual information about unexpected and far reaching topics. Always fun to read and get a new perspective.

Hilarious and Offbeat!

This author writes as if he is sitting at his desk, behind his computer, but instead of it being on the floor it is perched on one of the side walls, defying gravity: He sees things in a suitably odd way. Of course this makes for hilarious characters doing bizarre things that sound so normal in the reality he devised for them! As good as his "Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates." If you are ready to view the world on its side, then this is for you.

What, it's over?

I loved everything but the ending... a little too abrupt, with unanswered questions and plot holes.

Terrible Reading

Great book but a terrible reading. His character voices he used ruined it for me.

Robbins is King.

Never dissappointed with his mastery of storytelling and Bostwick (narrator) carried the characters quite well.

wrong narrator

the main character is a Filipino woman with the nickname squeak. the narrator made her sound like Garfield the cat.

Only for those that love Robbins

Not one of Robbins better works. The 2nd person narrative perspective is interesting, but there is a reason why it is not used that frequently. Robbin's pulls it off, but the plot and characters of this book are, dare I say, mundane compared to some of Robbins other works. But really the biggest problem with this story is Barry Bostwicks reading. The voices of the lead male (is that Jack Nicholson I hear?) and female are so bizarre and off the mark that it is actually detrimental to understanding the charchters. Overall a very enjoyable story, but i would recommend picking it up in book form.