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Memoirs of an Invisible Man H F Saint Books

I re-read this book every few years and laugh as hard at each new reading as I did the first one. It is one of my all-time favorites. Nick is an intelligent, albeit fun-loving guy selfishly moving through life for his own enjoyment. And that doesn't seem to change even once he is accidentally turned invisible. You can't help but like him and wish him success in his determination not to become a lab rat. I love Nick and have even grown fond of the hapless "bad guys" chasing him. I lost my original book in a move (or maybe I loaned it out...just not sure) and when the urge to read it hit me, I had to order a new one. I did not like receiving a copy with the Chevy Chase movie on the cover as I consider that movie to be a total ruination of an amazing book. But despite the horrible cover it is still a super fun book. Read it ... don't question it...just allow yourself to be entertained...and don't be embarrassed when you laugh out loud!! It's that funny.


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Memoirs of an Invisible Man H F Saint Books Reviews

It says something about a book when practically every review on is one in which the reviewer has nothing but good things to say about it.

I read this book for the first time many years ago - probably not too long after it first came out (in 1987). Since that time I've re-read it numerous times, I've recommended it to relatives and friends, and every couple of years when I want to relax and enjoy a light read, I pull it down from the bookshelf. and enjoy it once again.

Here is the thing about this book. There have been quite a few novels written about invisibility, including of course classics such as The Invisible Man, but I don't think that any of them has dealt with the practical downsides of invisibility in such a clever way, and with quite the wit and playfulness as did H.F. Saint, while at the same time creating a story with real tension and suspense.

The main character, Nick Halloway, is a stock analyst with just the right measure of irreverence and charm. The descriptions of the practical aspects of Nick dealing with his invisibility - imagine eating something and then watching as it makes its way down into your stomach and then slowly is digested into nothingness!! All of a sudden your invisibility is compromised by this very disgusting and visible remnant of your most recent meal! A very obvious disadvantage to invisibility, that, now that it is pointed out to us!

Combine that with the Conspiracy Theory aspect of government agents relentlessly hunting down poor Nick, who simply wants to be left alone.

And the icing on the cake is the development of Nick's adaptation to living with invisibility - how to live and survive; learning to use his Wall Street financial analyst experience, combined with his invisibility, to spy on businessmen as they work to put M&A and other deals together, and use that information to speculate on the affected stocks and reap quick profits at essentially no risk. (Let's be honest, how is the poor guy supposed to survive, after all? He can't exactly continue to work at his old job, can he?)

In fact, I like this darn thing so much that I have two copies! I couldn't find my original copy for quite a while, and finally in desperation I went to and purchased another (used of course, since it is no longer available in print) in order to get my fix! Some months later I finally come across my original copy, so at least now I have an extra to loan out, without worrying that it will never get returned.

Forget about the movie. As other reviewers have mentioned, that Chevy Chase escapade is nothing in comparison to this book.

The tragedy is that the movie is still available for purchase, but the book is out of print. This is a very entertaining and enjoyable book to read.
It was a lot of fun to read. The author really thought through what it would be like to be invisible -- mostly the problems and some of the benefits. It was a good story.
One of my favorite fiction books. Just pure adventure, with compelling and realistic detail. Too bad he never wrote another book.

Movie is absolutely horrible; would not recommend watching and definitely don't let that horrible movie dissuade you from reading the book.
I love this book. It is an and unique interesting sci fi that is sadly out of print. It is a nice story, believable and well written. I read it decades ago and it made enough impact that I've looked for it ever since. I wish the author wasn't so forgotten because everyone assume either Saint or Ellison are the book you are looking for when you type "Invisible Man", so it is very hard to find this unless you have the exact title!
This is one of my all time favorite books. The amount of detail given makes the story somehow believable or at least incredibly interesting. I really like how well thought out every page of the book was and how it just seemed completely real. Amazing writing in my opinion and it's almost eerie that someone could write that well about what it would be like to be invisible. Highly entertaining read for sure.
Such a clever book! I first read it in the 80's and have given it as a gift dozens of times over since then. This is just an incredibly funny and clever book and so well written.I wish I could read it all over again for the first time!!! I find it to be the perfect "beach read".

TIP Skip the movie. It's really hard to make a good movie about an invisible man and it is nowhere as satisfying as the book.

TRIVIA H.F. Saint's identity is a well kept secret and many people speculate that he is a famous author who didn't want to be identified with a funny novel. It does seem suspicious that an author that wrote such a well crafted book was never heard from again.
One of the most ingenious novels ever written. "Memoirs" is top 5 for me, I've read it once every couple of years or so since it's publication. So, yes, I've read it at least a dozen times. Saint takes what seems like a tired premise and reinvents it through a terrific and likable main character opposite a wonderful and believable villain, while putting incredible thought and amazing cleverness into figuring out what it would actually be like to be invisible… basically, a hilarious nightmare. It's a shame the book has gone out of print. It should be a staple forever. Thankfully, there are many used copies bouncing around. If you've never experienced the pleasures of this book, which is extremely funny and intensely suspenseful, drop a buck and give it a try. You'll have the time of your life.
I re-read this book every few years and laugh as hard at each new reading as I did the first one. It is one of my all-time favorites. Nick is an intelligent, albeit fun-loving guy selfishly moving through life for his own enjoyment. And that doesn't seem to change even once he is accidentally turned invisible. You can't help but like him and wish him success in his determination not to become a lab rat. I love Nick and have even grown fond of the hapless "bad guys" chasing him. I lost my original book in a move (or maybe I loaned it out...just not sure) and when the urge to read it hit me, I had to order a new one. I did not like receiving a copy with the Chevy Chase movie on the cover as I consider that movie to be a total ruination of an amazing book. But despite the horrible cover it is still a super fun book. Read it ... don't question it...just allow yourself to be entertained...and don't be embarrassed when you laugh out loud!! It's that funny.