John Katzenbach
Paperback | Pages: 544 pages Rating: 3.98 | 8426 Users | 661 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Madman's Tale |
| ISBN: | 8466619461 (ISBN13: 9788466619462) |
| Edition Language: | Spanish |
| Literary Awards: | Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel (2005), Hammett Prize Nominee (2004) |
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Han pasado veinte años desde que el Western State Hospital cerró sus puertas y sus últimos pacientes se reintegraron a la sociedad. Francis Petrel tenía poco más de veinte años cuando su familia lo recluyó en el psiquiátrico tras una conducta imprevisible y la crisis posterior. Ahora, alcanzada la mediana edad, lleva una vida sin rumbo y solitaria, alejado en un piso barato y permanentemente medicado para acallar el coro de voces en su cabezaItemize Epithetical Books La historia del loco
| Title | : | La historia del loco |
| Author | : | John Katzenbach |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 544 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2007 by Ediciones B (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Mystery. Fiction. Suspense. Novels. Mystery Thriller. Crime |
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A riveting tale, this is one of the best books I have read in years. It is also the best I have read by Katzenbach. Some readers may be turned off by the unpleasant setting-an asylum for the mentally ill- or by the concept of the voices that plague Francis when he is off his meds as in the present when he is narrating the story of what happened at Western State Hospital when he was a patient there. But while Francis was a patient for the most part the voices were under control and he renders anIf you're looking for this book to start with John K. don't, start with The Analyst, I've read most of his work and that's my favorite :)We have Francis, he seems submissive and the typical person who is there but not...well that was not quite the problem but the opposite, he was sharp taking in everything...so much that ended up overwhelming him....when he's family commits him at a Mental Hospital, he'll be the witness of a crime taking place inside the hospital, now as an adult he'll leave the
THE MADMANS TALE (Psychological Thriller) - ExJohn Katzenbach 10th non-fictionBallantine Books, 2004 HardcoverFrancis Xavier Petrel, named C-Bird by his former fellow inmates at Western State Hospital, is now living on this own. But an invitation to the hospital, closed for 20 years, being made a museum, draws Francis back, both to the place and the memories of the events, people and murders there. *** An incredible book which draws you in and keeps you there to the very end, this is not a
Well worth the accolades, awards and the time it takes to get through 576 pages. I selected this book based on the setting, after all asylums are atmospheric enough to do half the lifting. This one didn't really need the help, it grabs your attention from the first sentence and doesn't let go. My first read but Katzenbach and what an auspicious introduction, the man certainly knows how tell a story. While technically this is a murder mystery thriller, it would be a shame to marginalize the book
Good, not greatInteresting tale told from the mind of a middle aged schizophrenic man, living in the community, who spent his early years institutionalized at a state hospital, subsequently closed. It goes into his time there and unravels a murder mystery which occurs on the grounds. Likable characters, but not as much depth as I like. A bit slow in spots for a thriller. Good job of capturing what it might be like to live with auditory hallucinations and good depiction of an institutional world
I keep reading Katzenbach and thinking the same same thing, he uses way to many details, not always necessary for the story, making it slow. This time, though, it makes more sense, as the story is told by a schizophrenic man.
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