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Overview
An unforgettable memoir of madness and family that Esquire named one of the best books of the year A taut, powerful memoir of madness, Angelhead documents the violent, drug-addled descent of the author's brother, Michael, into schizophrenia. Beginning with Michael's first psychotic break--seeing God in his suburban bedroom window while high on LSD--Greg Bottoms recounts, in gripping, dramatic prose, the bizarre disappearances, suicide attempts, and the shocking crime that land Michael in the psychiatric wing of a maximum security prison. A work of nonfiction with the form and imagery of a novel, Angelhead enables the reader to witness not only the fragmenting of a mind, but of a family as well.
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- ISBN-13: 9780226067643
- ISBN-10: 0226067645
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: June 2005
- Dimensions: 7.96 x 5.38 x 0.51 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds
- Page Count: 227
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