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Let Me Not Be Mad is an immersive, virtuosic and provocative investigation of madness, love and self-destruction that defies categorisation. n n Exhilarating ... dazzling ... a miraculous feat Guardian n n I have rarely read a more haunting and enthralling account of a descent into madness Stephen Fry n n A consulting room with two people in it. One of them is talking, the other is listening. Both of them need help. n n Throughout his life, A. K. Benjamin has found himself drawn to extreme behaviour: as a contemplative monk, an advocate for homeless addicts, a support-worker for gang members and for many years as a Clinical Neuropsychologist. n n His book begins as a series of clinical encounters with anonymised patients. But with each encounter, it becomes increasingly and disturbingly apparent that what we are reading is not really about the patients - it is, instead, about the authors own fevered descent into mental illness as he confronts his traumatic past. n n Stunning: clever, troubling, restless, honest, dishonest Olivia Laing n n Blackly comic, warmly compassionate, a unique take on the human mind Stewart Lee n
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