Shiva Mukti is a hardworking and conscientious psychiatrist, who, in the inauspicious surroundings of St Mungo''s - a central London hospital of more than average decrepitude - does his level best to staunch the flow of mental illness. But Mukti is not a happy man, beset by thwarted ambition and sexual frustration, he now finds himself in thrall to the more successful and urbane Dr Zack Busner, consultant psychiatrist at Heath Hospital, and an originator of the once modish Quantity Theory of Insanity. Why is it that Busner seems so intent on fostering a professional relationship with Mukti? Is it his way of putting his junior colleague in his place? Or is Busner - as Mukti begins to suspect - a member of a sinister cabal? And what about the schizophrenic patients Busner refers to Mukti for his opinion, are they merely sick people, or in fact human weapons in a bizarre psychological duel?
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9780747565314
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 25/11/2003
Año de edición: 2003
Plaza de edición: London
Alto: 21.0 cm
Ancho: 15.0 cm
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Will Self
Will Self (Londres, 1961) es escritor y periodista. Ha escrito novelas, varias colecciones de relatos cortos y también ensayos. Sus escritos se caracterizan por ser satíricos, grotescos y fantásticos. Un paraguas es su primera novela traducida al castellano.