- Confession, Fiction, Forgers, Fiction, psychological
"The Contortionist's Handbook is the story of John Dolan Vincent, a talented young forger with a proclivity for mathematics and drug addiction. A misguided attempt at self-medicating his severe migraines lands him in a mental hospital awaiting a psychiatric evaluation - not his first time being on the brink of involuntary commitment.
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Contemporary, grave, bleak and relentless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Craig Clevenger
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 204
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate, MacAdam/Cage, Fourth Estate Ltd
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780007194162
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