Briefing for a Descent Into Hell: A Psychological Thriller (Vintage International)
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Book Info
Author
Lessing, Doris
Word Count
80,000 words
based on page count
Pages
320 pages
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Edition Publisher
Vintage
Edition Publish Date
2009-01-01
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0307390616
ISBN-13: 9780307390615
Description
A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly “mad.” Professor Charles Watkins of Cambridge University is a patient at a mental hospital where the doctors try with increasing drugs to bring his mind under control. But Watkins has embarked on a tremendous psychological adventure where, after spinning endlessly on a raft in the Atlantic, he lands on a tropical island inhabited by strange creatures with strange customs. Later, he is carried off on a cosmic journey into space…
A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly "mad".
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