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In The Rooms (2009)

by Tom Shone(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0091926041 (ISBN13: 9780091926045)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Hutchinson

review 1: This was quite cute but I don't necessarily know if people who have no experience with 12 step programs would like it as much as I did. The story follows a literary agent, Patrick, who spies his favorite author on the street and follows him into an AA meeting. The people in the meeting "mistake" Patrick for a newcomer and somehow Patrick thinks it's a great idea to continue going to meetings so he can talk to his idol. Quite tragic hilarity ensues. The book is a bit of a time capsule as there are several pop culture references, including one to James Frey clearly before he was revealed as a fraud. But still very good.
review 2: Reading along with growing horror as literary agent Patrick Miller stalks his hero, a reclusive author entering an AA meeting, I realiz... moreed this story couldn't possibly go well for Patrick. For me, however, it was delightful from beginning to end. There were many laugh-aloud moments and continual restrained guffaws from just about every page, as I welcomed characters from the sublime (Lola, an attractive recovering drinker) to the ridiculous (Felix, a several layer-clad AA attendee with street wisdom to burn) like old friends. This is one of the funniest and most moving crash-and-burn stories to come along. A hilarious description of Woodstock-bound Patrick leaving Manhattan by car one night should not be missed. less

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