This book was made into a movie starring Chevy Chase. Nick Halloway is in a Princeton High Tech Lab the day it blows up. The next thing he knows he's invisible. From then on the book is a funny and riviting and fast paced Adventure.

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a great comedy

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very good books makes you think

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This is the best book I have ever read. I re-read it every year or so - the humor and adventure in it is perfect! I wish the author would write another one (or two or three)

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This is my favorite beach read. A really, really funny story, but with intrigue.

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Who has not thought about invisibility and all the benefits that that could allow? But what if that condition were not reversable and the Feds were looking for you for medical experimentation or worse? Where do you live? how do you get food? what if you get sick?

This is a book that is entertaining and makes you think. A great read.

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It's been such a long time since I read this (1987 pub date --> 22 years!) immensely clever & entertaining novel, I can't do it justice, but here are some quotations from Amazon customer reviews that sum up my feelings about it:

"Saint's narrative of how an invisible man survives in an urban setting is very credible because of the amount of details provided. Nick is forced to become a true survivalist because government agents are after him with the intent of making him a laboratory curiosity." --Tony Leace

"This novel does start off a bit slow through the lengthy intro until you get to the pages where Nick Halliday becomes invisible but from then on you can't put this great read down. Once the accident in New Jersey occurs and Nick becomes invisible Memoirs of an Invisible Man is quite a fascinating read as we view life through the eyes of someone who has become invisible and discovers they have to worry about what they eat, how long the food takes to digest, and that they have to avoid the rain, escalators, lifts and other things visible people take for granted so that they won't be discovered. When the government agents start to track Nick down and he has to constantly flee and find somewhere new to sleep each night is also riveting reading. You should also avoid reading the blurb on the back cover as it also gives away a fair bit of the plot." --James N. Simpson

"Edgy, nail-biting, darkly humorous, sexy, paranoid, and brilliant..." --Marshall Lord

"It takes you on a journey in your mind. You feel like you are the character. Fighting for survival. It's an amazing book. Fascinating. Awesome. What else can I say?" --C. Dubois

Indeed!

--Fiona Webster

This book is available on my Bookshelf.

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