When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. However this patient is unlike anyone psychiatrist Dr. Gene Brewer has had under his care before. Calling himself 'prot', he has no traceable background but says that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX, a perfect world without wars, government or religion, and where every being coexists in harmony. Setting a departure date - August 17th at 3.31am - on which he plans to return home on a beam of light, 'prot' keeps us guessing right up until the end.
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"K-PAX explores the nature of truth, reality and our enduring need to believe." -- Maxim
"This gloriously off-beat comedy reads like a combination of 'Starman', 'Oliver Sacks', and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest.'" -- Esquire
"This gloriously off-beat comedy reads like a combination of 'Starman', 'Oliver Sacks', and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest.'" -- Esquire
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K-PAX is one of the great underrated science fiction novels. It's a simple tale, beautifully told, which draws you in and makes you want to believe in the characters. Until the end, you could almost believe it's a true story.
Written as a first person account by a psychiatrist treating a patient who claims to be from another planet. "prot", as he calls himself, explains that he will return to his home planet of K-PAX at a specified time and date, riding on a beam of light -- and taking one of the other inmates of the hospital with him. Meanwhile, Dr. Brewer tries to understand who prot really is, and to demonstrate to himself and to prot that his patient is an ordinary human.
Too often this kind of book begins promisingly but fails to deliver on the promise -- the mysteries set out before the reader are explained away too easily, or the delicate sense of almost-reality that these stories depend on is broken. But K-PAX delivers on all fronts. Every explanation has another mystery hidden inside it, and the ending is at once realistic and rational, making sense of everything so far, while leaving some doubt and hope in your mind.
When I read K-PAX, I immediately went out and bought another copy for a friend. He phoned me up later: "I got home at midnight and saw you'd left a book for me. I thought, 'That's nice, I'll read for half an hour or so before I go to sleep." And I couldn't put it down! You &*$@*?#!". It was 4:30 in the morning.
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I ordered this casually from a catalogue and picked it up casually this morning as it was at the top of my unread pile. I have been unable to put this down all day (and the lawn has remained unmowed!). This is the most compelling book I have read for several years and I just glad that my 'casual' book order included K-PAZ II!
I assumed this was a straight forward fiction novel, but the first person narrative of the psychiatrist almost makes you question whether this is non fiction whilst the dialogue with 'prot' turns you to believe this is a science fiction novel. In its denouement it becomes a amalgam of all three and it's clever and convincing writing helps it stand up on all fronts.
You will want to know who or what 'prot' is and right up the end gene brewer keeps you enthralled. Read this book.
I assumed this was a straight forward fiction novel, but the first person narrative of the psychiatrist almost makes you question whether this is non fiction whilst the dialogue with 'prot' turns you to believe this is a science fiction novel. In its denouement it becomes a amalgam of all three and it's clever and convincing writing helps it stand up on all fronts.
You will want to know who or what 'prot' is and right up the end gene brewer keeps you enthralled. Read this book.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This really was a fantastic read. If you are thinking of buying just the first book in the trilogy...STOP. Buy this one instead. This book has all three of the trilogy inside and trust me...after the first one you will not be able to stop yourself from reading the other two.
As a bonus, with this one you also get to reads Prot's report at the end.
I found with this trilogy that every chapter in all three books just got better and better so by the end of book 3 you will be sorry that it has come to an end.
After reading all three books (as supplied in this one book) I had to buy the DVD because I felt that I wanted to 'see' Prot as throughout the book you came to love this character and want to learn more about him.
You really need to buy this book, you will not regret it.
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