Blake's Therapy

A Novel

$12.95 US
Seven Stories Press
60 per carton
On sale Jun 04, 2002 | 978-1-58322-479-3
Sales rights: US, Canada, Open Mkt
Blake's Therapy is a whirlwind ride through the desires of one man to find something real in a virtual world. After suffering a mental breakdown, Graham Blake checks into the Corporate Life Therapy Institute, where the self-assured, silver-tongued Dr. Carl Tolgate has prepared a strange, shocking, and erotic treatment. Now Blake must find out, before it is too late, who is controlling his life, his company’s future, and his own heart.
A work of intense psychological intrigue, Blake's Therapy holds a magnifying glass to one man’s life as it unravels in a world of economic turmoil and spiritual crisis.
“If Kafka were alive today, he would write something similar to Blake's Therapy.” –José Saramago


“Ariel Dorfman returns to his icon-skewering best with this new novel.” –Washington Post


“[Dorfman] deftly carves up the corporate world in his new novel.” –Miami Herald


“[A] complex and challenging thriller, as well as a daring attempt to distill the nature of good and evil.” –Kirkus Reviews

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Blake's Therapy is a whirlwind ride through the desires of one man to find something real in a virtual world. After suffering a mental breakdown, Graham Blake checks into the Corporate Life Therapy Institute, where the self-assured, silver-tongued Dr. Carl Tolgate has prepared a strange, shocking, and erotic treatment. Now Blake must find out, before it is too late, who is controlling his life, his company’s future, and his own heart.
A work of intense psychological intrigue, Blake's Therapy holds a magnifying glass to one man’s life as it unravels in a world of economic turmoil and spiritual crisis.

Praise

“If Kafka were alive today, he would write something similar to Blake's Therapy.” –José Saramago


“Ariel Dorfman returns to his icon-skewering best with this new novel.” –Washington Post


“[Dorfman] deftly carves up the corporate world in his new novel.” –Miami Herald


“[A] complex and challenging thriller, as well as a daring attempt to distill the nature of good and evil.” –Kirkus Reviews