The Eden Express by Mark Vonnegut

[goldenmyst]

This was written by the son of the well known novelist Kurt Vonnegut. The book is an amazing autobiographical account of experiencing the sixties in a state of madness. After graduating from college, Mark drops out to live in a commune in British Columbia. While there he slips into a state of madness and gets diagnosed with schizophrenia. The book is funny, bizzare, and a good natured trip through Mark's head. He illustrates the looseness of thinking of schizophrenia, making a little clearer the murky logic of psychosis in a humorous way.

The book is as much an account of the sixties as of a trip through madness. His conversations with the voices in his head are out of this world fun to read. And the wild free loving world of the sixties makes a wonderful setting for a romp with insanity.

The appendix contains a letter he wrote to a young woman friend whom he thought may have been experiencing schizophrenia. Mark is such a good natured and pleasant fellow that his book is a joy to read.

Mark is now a pediatrician and artist in Manhattan.

John

[AlienPoet]

This sounds like something i would enjoy reading ,thanks for mentioning it .I need to make a list ...i am so behind in my book reading...sigh.