Stuart Byrne is a young, beautiful, single businessman who finds his perfect life sabotaged by a growing awareness of his own superficiality. Nauseated by his own helplessness, struck by a creeping lethargy, Stuart tumbles through a tumultuous week of excess, promiscuity, deception, cowardice, and regret, and in the process manages to trade his slick perfection for a fantastic, and darkly hilarious, catastrophe. A deadpan comedy about the rather unfunny void in the center of many modern lives, "Sleepwalker" explores how our trying to fill that void can be just as destructive as ignoring it, and how the world will always let the beautiful get away with murder.

A novel about a man trying to escape his own superficiality and emptiness through excess and murder.

About the Author
John Toomey was born in 1975 in Dublin, where he now teaches English at Clonkeen College. Further information can be found on his website, www.johntoomeybooks.com.


Book Information
ISBN 9781564786012
Author John Toomey
Format Paperback
Page Count 262
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
Weight(grams) 317g
Dimensions(mm) 200mm * 139mm * 22mm