Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man's Search for Anything Across Ireland, Vegas, and Thailand

by Andrew Gottlieb and Dick Hill

Book Overview

In Drink, Play, F@#k Bob Sullivan, a jilted husband, sets off to explore the world, experience a meaningful connection with the divine, and rediscover his passion. His travels lead him from his home in New York City to a drinking bender across Ireland, through the glitz and glamour that is Las Vegas, and to the hedonistic pleasure palaces of Thailand. After a lifetime of playing it safe, Mr. Sullivan finally follows his heart and lives out everyone's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802170528
• ISBN13: 9780802170521
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Laugh out loud funny!

I thought this was a great book. Hard to believe some of the situations, but nonetheless a truly entertaining book. I laughed out loud many,many times and I am not too easily amused.

Very very funny!!!

I bought this book as a summer read and because I enjoyed the book it parodied, but I think I enjoyed this book even more. Several times I was trying to muffle my laughs as I read this at the pool but to no avail. I can't say whether or not you'll find it as funny but I would enthusiastically recommend it.

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.

I'm two thirds of the way there...

I'm rolling in the aisles. So far I'm drinking and playing and I'm on my way to the good stuff. I've bought copies for everyone I went to college with.

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!!