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Go the F--k to Sleep
- Narrated by: Samuel L. Jackson
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 06-14-11
- Language: English
- Publisher: Audible Studios
Regular price: $1.95
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Publisher's Summary
Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) rocks this mock bedtime story, capturing a hilarious range of emotions as the voice of a father struggling to get his child to sleep.
Go the F--k to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don’t always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach’s profane, affectionate, and radically honest verses perfectly capture the familiar - and unspoken - tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, he opens up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations and laugh at their absurdity.
Beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny, Go the F**k to Sleep is a book for parents new, old, and expectant. Due to its explicit language, you probably should not play it for your children.
Feel free to share the link to this page with tired parents and other people who could use a good swear and a laugh.
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- FanB14
- 07-06-12
Hilarious
Any parent with a shred of a sense of humor will find this book to be a veritable hoot. Being narrated by Sam Jackson; priceless.
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- Darwin8u
- Mesa, AZ, United States
- 05-21-12
Read the F--king REVIEW!
Before I heard Samuel L. Jackson read this post-modern self-help book in his deep, authoritative, GOD-like voice, I had: restless leg syndrome, sleep apnoea, delayed sleep phase syndrome, parasomnias, night terrors, nocturia, caffeine induced insomnia and somniphobia. After listening to this self-help book, I turned over, told my leg to "chill out motherf--ker" and went the f--k to sleep.
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- Michael
- Washington, DC, United States
- 06-14-11
The perfect narrator for this book!
I don't think there could be a better narrator for this book, and Samuel L. Jackson does an excellent job!
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- DC
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- 06-15-11
Perfect for anyone who has ever had children.
I always knew about Audible and thought "someday I would get an account". The idea of this book read by this narrator pushed me over the edge. And it was everything I had expected.
Jackson's exasperated style expressing Mansbach's frustration could not more perfectly, or more humorously, capture that delicate, priceless moment in a parent's life when one fully grasps the phrase "parental responsibility".
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Sherry
- San Tan Valley, AZ, United States
- 06-16-11
If you've ever read a child to sleep - beautiful!
OMG. My son is 23 now, and I just played this for him ... can't wait until he has one of his own! I just about wet myself when Samuel got to the movie & popcorn bit ... can't believe how many times that actually happened. And, admit it or not, this is EXACTLY what goes thru your head while you're reading (and reading, and reading, and reading...) your child -- the f@%k to sleep. Couldn't have chosen better than Samuel Jackson! (Love you Sam!)This if f%$king BEAUTIFUL!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Andrew
- Dayton, OH, United States
- 06-14-11
This is perfect.
The only thing that could make this awesome book better would be a great narration. Samuel L Jackson delivers in spades.
24 of 30 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- PearlGirl
- Washington, D.C.
- 06-15-11
Explicit!! Could Only Be Done By Mr. Jackson.
Samuel L. Jackson is probably the only actor (possibly besides Eddie Murphy in his early years) who could get away with this. Mr. Jackson has a great voice for narration. I hope to hear his clean stuff. If profanity offends you, this short listen is NOT for you. The F-word is throughout as well as other swear words. This would be recommended for parents who can relate to reading a story at bedtime with a kid who just won't go to sleep.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Lara
- San Anselmo, CA, United States
- 06-14-11
That's one Bad Motherf*cking Narrator
Hilarious! This is the role he was born to play!
This is my new go-to new baby gift!
26 of 33 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Tara L Tryde
- 06-14-11
A Parent's Bed Time Story
This is hysterical and what a perfect narrator SLJ is! My child is just about one, but this story lets me know what I am in for once he starts talking!
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- Emily
- Portland, OR, United States
- 12-22-15
Hilarious parody of children's books
I found this just hilarious. I actually listened to this with my teenagers, who still think fondly about the children's books we read together. But we all found this very funny. And Samuel L Jackson was the perfect narrator. A little gem!
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