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Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has had his life changed for ever by the misunderstandings arising from her condition; Terry, the insomniac, spends his wakeful nights fuelling his obsession with movies; and the increasingly unstable Dr Gregory Dudden sees sleep as a life-shortening disease which must be eradicated . A group of students sharing a house. They fall in and out of love, they drift apart. Yet a decade later they are drawn back together by a series of coincidences involving their obsession with sleep - and each other ...
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The House of Sleep, Jonathan Coe
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- The House of Sleep
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jonathan Coe
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 329
- ISBN10
- 0141033304
- ISBN13
- 9780141033303
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Romance, Psychological Topics, Humor, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Suspense, Contemporary Romance, 20th century, Fun, School, British Literature, England, Great Britain, Memories, English Literature, London, Happiness, Desire, Psychological novels, Seas and Oceans, Dreams, University, College, Psychiatry, Sleep
- First published
- 1997
- Original title
- The House of Sleep
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has had his life changed for ever by the misunderstandings arising from her condition; Terry, the insomniac, spends his wakeful nights fuelling his obsession with movies; and the increasingly unstable Dr Gregory Dudden sees sleep as a life-shortening disease which must be eradicated . A group of students sharing a house. They fall in and out of love, they drift apart. Yet a decade later they are drawn back together by a series of coincidences involving their obsession with sleep - and each other ...