Briefing for a Descent into Hell

$12.99 US
Knopf | Vintage
On sale Nov 17, 2010 | 978-0-307-77763-8
Sales rights: US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly "mad."
  • WINNER | 2007
    Nobel Prize
  • FINALIST | 1970
    Booker Prize
“A brilliant and untamed image of the possibilities that may still constitute man’s destiny.” –Time“Touching and beautiful.” –The New York Review of Books“An excursion into private consciousness…beginning with everyday mentality and ending up in the darkest reaches of the unconscious at its most primitive.” –The Washington Post Book World

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A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly "mad."

Awards

  • WINNER | 2007
    Nobel Prize
  • FINALIST | 1970
    Booker Prize

Praise

“A brilliant and untamed image of the possibilities that may still constitute man’s destiny.” –Time“Touching and beautiful.” –The New York Review of Books“An excursion into private consciousness…beginning with everyday mentality and ending up in the darkest reaches of the unconscious at its most primitive.” –The Washington Post Book World