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Briefing for a Descent into Hell Doris Lessing
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Doris Lessing
A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly ?mad.? Professor Charles Watkins of Cambridge University is a patient at a mental hospital where the doctors try with increasing drugs to bring his mind under control. But Watkins has embarked on a tremendous psychological adventure where, after spinning endlessly on a raft in the Atlantic, he lands on a tropical island inhabited by strange creatures with strange customs. Later, he is carried off on a cosmic journey into space?
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 12, 1981 |
| ISBN13 | 9781400077267 |
| Publishers | Vintage |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 104 × 19 × 173 mm · 381 g |
| Language | English |
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