Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
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Book Description
In this ambitious novel of madness and release, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Doris Lessing imagines the fantastical "inner-space" life of an amnesiac.
Charles Watkins, a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University, has suffered a breakdown, confined to a mental hospital as his friends and doctors attempt to bring him back to reality. But Watkins has embarked on a tremendous pyscholog... More
Charles Watkins, a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University, has suffered a breakdown, confined to a mental hospital as his friends and doctors attempt to bring him back to reality. But Watkins has embarked on a tremendous pyscholog... More
Book Information
Publisher | Vintage Books |
Binding | Paperback (29 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 320 |
ISBN-10 | 0307390616 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0307390615 |
Publication Date | 07/14/2009 |
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