Inspired Sleep: A Novel
by Robert Cohen
Book Description
These days, Bonnie Saks is lucky to gets four consecutive hours of shut-eye, what with her bed-wetting young son, her unfinished doctoral thesis, her meager teaching salary, and the fact that she’s pregnant by a lover about as reliable as her ex-husband.
Meanwhile, Ian Ogelvie, an ambitious young research scientist, is setting up a study of a promising new sleep aid. Their chance encounter forms the backdrop for this richly exuberant portrait of contemporary America, encompassing everything from the slippery evasions of love to the intricate network that binds together the pharmaceutical industry, managed care, and a shadow population of lost, sleepless souls. At once entertaining and philosophic, Inspired Sleep heralds a major voice in American fiction.
From the Back Cover
“Wild and often ingenious. . . . Inspired all the way to its unexpected and clever conclusion.” –The New York Times Book Review
“[Cohen’s] writing is so smooth and his tale so believable . . . you are caught and there is no escape until long after the final page is turned.” –Denver Post
“Cohen’s talented novel [is] not so much a ‘how we live now’ as a wild and often ingenious ‘how we fall apart.’ I wonder if anyone has done insomnia so well since Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘When You’re Lying Awake With a Dismal Headache.’”The New York Times
“Smartly observed and stylishly written. . . It’s not the interpretation of dreams but the meaning of our waking hours that is up for grabs here.” –The New Yorker
“A sparkling comic novel of postmodern pathologies. . . . Crisp and scathingly intelligent.” –Chicago Tribune
“Moves effortlessly between the hilarious and the heartbreaking. . . . Inspired all the way.” –The New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Robert Cohen has received a Whiting Writer’s Award, the Pushcart Prize, and other awards. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, GQ, and other publications. He lives in Middlebury, Vermont.
Keywords: Inspired Sleep: A Novel, Books, Robert Cohen, Women graduate students, Fiction, Cambridge (Mass.), Sleep disorders, Divorced women, Fiction - General, Reading Group Guide, General
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