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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19198 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780802170521
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Publishers Weekly
REVIEW:As an impudent retort to Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling Eat Pray Love, the book that swept book clubs and bestseller charts throughout 2006, this comic travelogue is nothing if not a conversation starter. Fortunately, it's also a dizzyingly fun parody that apes Gilbert in its premise (Ireland, Las Vegas and Thailand replace Gilbert's post-divorce destinations, Italy, India and Indonesia) and its particulars, mirroring plot developments and platitudes line by line (where Eat Pray Love opens with its protagonist contemplating a kiss with an Italian named Giovanni, Gottlieb starts moments from a liplock between his narrator, divorcee Bob Sullivan, and Giovanna. That kind of parody can wear over pages, but Gottlieb's protagonist is a likable and entertaining enough rascal to carry the story and, with the help of a happy-go-lucky personal trainer named Rick, do some good-humored philosophizing on the gender-trumping predicament of heart-break. Still, anyone who has suspected that boys have a bit more fun than girls will find their theories confirmed, as Gottlieb packs in just as much adventure as Gilbert, with a quarter of the self-seriousness.
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About the Author
Andrew Gottlieb is a comedy writer with experience in sit coms, feature films, and books. He is currently writing and producing Z Rock, an original TV show that he co-created for the Independent Film Channel.

Customer Reviews

Genius. Pure Genius. Wish I'd Thought Of It First.
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.

Entertaining to a degree
When I picked this book up at the store I loved the title and I loved the blurbs about the book on the back so much that I had to have it! Based on these two things I bought this book and finished it within a week. It was a fun and interesting read but I really thought the book had more potential than what it gave. The main character Bobby just got a divorce so he goes on a world wind adventure of debauchery that spans across Ireland, Vegas, and Thailand. The adventures that he lives out are every man's dream he drinks in Ireland, gambles in Vegas, and of course has sex in Thailand. The writer delivers some great one liners and amusing anecdotes but all in all the book really fell short. It felt like all the chapters were rushed and while this is a good book it's not a great book. I know that this book was written as an impudent which is funny but in the end the whole book is very predictable and written somewhat (for my tastes) like a romantic comedy. Guy's wife is mean, guy's wife cheats, he gets divorced, goes out and gets drunk, fornicates, finds himself, then hopes to find someone else. To me that formula is directly linked to most romantic comedies and for being somewhat unoriginal is why I give it only three stars. The book was a good read don't get me wrong! It just wasn't what I thought it was. It was entertaining yet not filled with the craziness that embodies a great title like, "Drink, Play, F@#k".

Way too funny!
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!!