The Octopus Man

Jasper Gibson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

2021
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-1-4746-1607-2 (ISBN)

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A devastating novel about voice-hearing - 'A brilliant and necessary book' Douglas Stuart, author of the Booker Prize-winning SHUGGIE BAIN

'Astonishing' Stephen Fry
'Exceptional' Douglas Stuart, author of the Booker Prize-winning SHUGGIE BAIN
'Now is the time for this book' DBC Pierre, author of the Booker Prize-winning VERNON GOD LITTLE
'Funny. Disturbing. Brilliant' Lily Allen

Once an outstanding law student Tom is now lost in the machinery of the British mental health system, talking to a voice no one else can hear: the voice of Malamock, the Octopus God - sometimes loving, sometimes cruel, but always there to guide him through life.

After a florid psychotic break, the pressure builds for Tom to take part in an experimental drugs trial that promises to silence the voice forever. But no one, least of all Tom, is prepared for what happens when the Octopus God is seriously threatened.

Deeply moving and tragi-comic, THE OCTOPUS MAN takes us into the complex world of voice-hearing in a bravura literary performance that asks the fundamental questions about belief, meaning, and love.

Jasper Gibson was born in the Peak District, Derbyshire in 1975. He is the author of one previous novel, A Bright Moon For Fools.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.01.2021
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 238 mm
Gewicht	600 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-4746-1607-0 / 1474616070
ISBN-13	978-1-4746-1607-2 / 9781474616072
Zustand	Neuware