Longlisted For The Rathbones Folio Prize 2021''one Of The Year''s Funniest Books'' I Paper''funny, Smart, Soulful And Sometimes Devastating. It Made Me Laugh And Cry'' Emilie Pine, Author Of Notes To Selfpatrick Freyne Has Tried A Lot Of Stupid Ideas In His Life. Now, He Is Here To Tell You About Them: Like The Time (aged 5) He Opened A Gate And Let A Horse Out Of Its Field, Just To See What Would Happen; Or The Time (aged 19) He Jumped Out Of A Plane For Charity, Even Though He Didn''t Much Care About The Charity And Was Sure He''d End Up Dead; Or The Time (aged Old Enough To Know Better) He Used A Magazine As A Funnel For Fuel When The Petrol Cap On His Band''s Van Broke.he Has Also Learned A Few Things: About The Power Of Group Song; About The Beauty Of Physically Caring For Another Human Being; About Childlessness; About Losing Friends Far Too Young.