SLEEPWALKER is a contemporary novel, set in summertime Dublin. The protagonist Stuart is a young, handsome, single executive, who is suddenly struck down by a nauseous lethargy. The narrative follows him through a tumultuous week of excess, promiscuity, deception, cowardice and self-examination. SLEEPWALKER explores how we are shaped by our family and friends. It is about a changing society, and the paradoxical emptiness of success. It is about the ephemeral nature of uncared-for love, and it is about regret. It is also very funny.

The story is character driven, but Dublin city and the Tiger economy, and the transformed self-esteem of the young Irish, are the backdrop.

JOHN TOOMEY was born in 1975 in Dublin, where he now teaches English. He lives in County Wicklow with his wife Maire. This is his first novel.

"John Toomey has a radar tuned to a high frequency. This is a funny, smart intuitive book. It captures turn of the century Dublin, the moment when a very new thorn entered the skin"
COLUM McCANN

"Magnificent despatch from the Republic of Boredom. I can't praise it highly enough"
JOHN WATERS

"Significant achievement"
SENATOR DAVID NORRIS

"Energetically entertaining first novel"
PATRICK SKENE CATLING

This novel is now published by:

Dalkey Archive Press
Champaign
Illinois
USA
www.dalkeyarchive.com

For reviews go to toomeymeister@gmail.com

ISBN:978 0 9545724 64
234 x 156mm 192pp
Paperback Original Fiction
July 1 2008