With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of composing his own suicide note and his eventual, hard-won recovery.

General Information

ISBN : 9780099285571
Publisher : Random House UK
Imprint : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Weight (g) : 0.085
Publication date : 01 April 2001
Dimensions : 199mm X 132mm X 8mm
Product Type : books

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Author : William Styron
Bind : Paperback
Language : English
Dewey classification : 616.8/527/0092
Pages : 112
BIC subject : BGA

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'Tremendous writing - honest and illuminating' Victoria Glendinning, New York Times

Author description

Born at Newport News, Virginia, in 1925, William Styron was educated at Duke University. He served in the Marine Corps during the last war, and was recalled to service during the Korean War. After 1952, he lived mainly in Europe, before settling in a rural part of Connecticut.