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The Little Sleep
The Little Sleep: A Novel | Paul Tremblay
13 posts | 9 read | 9 to read
The wickedly entertaining debut featuring Mark Genevich, Narcoleptic Detective Mark Genevich is a South Boston P.I. with a little problem: he's narcoleptic, and he suffers from the most severe symptoms, including hypnogogic hallucinations. These waking dreams wreak havoc for a guy who depends on real-life clues to make his living. Clients haven't exactly been beating down the door when Mark meets Jennifer Timesdaughter of the powerful local D.A. and a contestant on American Starwho walks into his office with an outlandish story about a man who stole her fingers. He awakes from his latest hallucination alone, but on his desk is a manila envelope containing risqu photos of Jennifer. Are the pictures real, and if so, is Mark hunting a blackmailer, or worse? Wildly imaginative and with a pitch-perfect voice, Paul Tremblay's The Little Sleep is the first in a new series that casts a fresh eye on the rigors of detective work, and introduces a character who has a lot to proveif only he can stay awake long enough to do it.
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RamsFan1963
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Mehso-so

I get the author is going for a Raymond Chandler vibe, but it's more style over substance. I didn't find the mystery that hard to figure out, and I'm no fan of the unreliable narrator trope. The lead character's narcolepsy was a unique twist, but after awhile the various hallucinations and lost time jumps became tiresome. 3 💥💥💥

#LitsyAtoZ #LetterL @BookishMarginalia

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RamsFan1963
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1. Half way through the Tagged book, a third of the way through The Splendid and the Vile, and 7 hours to go on Havana Nocturne.
2. I don't do re-reads.
3. I'm off work so I plan to treat myself to a steak for lunch, in celebration of dropping 25 pounds on the diet I started Dec 31. I'm also going to see either Call of the Wild or The Invisible Man. Any suggestions which I should see?

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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RealBooks4ever
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These are the books I read in August. It was a great month! I loved every book! Six non-fiction and one fabulous fiction! 💜💜💜

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RealBooks4ever
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Pickpick

I had so much fun reading this book! Mark Genevich is my new favorite snarky narcoleptic private investigator! 💜👁🕵️‍♂️🔍

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BookBoggart
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I haven't done one of these in forever! Seeings I have no New Years plans outside of my house. Why not give the #24b42019 a go! Finished this one off in just a few hrs. Let's see how far I get! #muchlove #newyearsplans #goals #countdown

BeansPage Wowsa! You're doing fantastic!!! 🤘🏻😁🤘🏻 6y
Merethebookgal Woah!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 You can double up on the fun with the #11thHourReadathon starting tonight at 8pm EST! 📚 6y
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jennw1212
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Audiobook

DeborahSmall Let me know what you think I have the 2nd and 3rd waiting on the first one before I start. 💕 8y
jennw1212 @DeborahSmall , I like it so far! Quirky. I have about 2 hours of audiobook to go. It's entertaining. 8y
jennw1212 I liked this. I enjoyed the main character and it was well paced. 8y
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thewhitehat
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Paul Tremblay, in this riveting, sad, honest take on the hard-boiled detective story Hammett and Chandler created, manages to do something bold and unexpected. Mark Genevich, his flawed narcoleptic hero, must pull the truth out of the murk where his own questionable consciousness and memory are the real labyrinth he must traverse to solve the mystery. I highly recommend this slim private eye novel and can't wait to read the sequel.

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CheeseheadSarah
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Halfway through this one on a lazy Sunday.

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thewhitehat
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"Discreet and mopping up piss generally aren't partners, but I give it my best shot."

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thewhitehat
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Sleep is heavy. It has mass. Sometimes it has supreme mass. Sleep is a singularity. There's no moving or denying or escaping. Sometimes sleep is light too. I've been able to walk under its weight.

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thewhitehat
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Eight years ago I got my private detective's license and narcolepsy. I now live alone with both.

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thewhitehat
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New read: Paul Tremblay's "The Little Sleep," the story of a hapless narcoleptic detective (narcol-ective? Det-arcoleptic?) that is heartbreaking and hilarious at the same time. Loving it so far. Already glad there's a sequel.