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The Comforts of Madness (Paperback)

by Paul Sayer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Sceptre; New edition edition (1 Jul 1989)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340508043
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340508046
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 0.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 269,636 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Winner of the 1988 Whitbread Award, "The Comforts of Madness" is narrated by a catatonic who never speaks. To the rest of the world he is an inert body and is subjected to a variety of experiments, but his own consciousness is vital and reflective.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Strange disturbing but worth reading, 4 Jul 1999
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This is a bleak novel recounting the tale of Peter, a young man in a catatonic state. At times it is humourous, but you feel you are reading a satire or, even harsher, an indictment. But of what ? The failure of Social Services to care for a boy in an abusive household who is not able to speak ? Mental health services ? Whilst the treatment is often brusque and uncaring, with Peter perceived as an opportunity for the Director of the new fangled institute to make his name, generally they seem to be doing the best for him. Finally they "experiment" with euthanasia, but in the circumstances one can but feel that it a justification of assisted death. He has nothing to live for, is in physical pain and deteriorating and has been rejected by his sister. If this was a novel written in the former Soviet Union this could be read as an allegory for the citizen under Communism. In the west you are left wondering where the target lies. Notwithstanding this it is a fine piece of writing.
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