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Asylum

William Seabrook
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Pages
288
Year
2015
Language
English
Publisher
Dover Publications

About

This dramatic memoir recounts an eight-month stay at a Westchester mental hospital in the early 1930s. William Seabrook, a renowned journalist and explorer, voluntarily committed himself to an asylum for treatment of acute alcoholism. His sincere, self-critical appraisal of his experiences offers a highly interesting look at addiction and treatment in the days before Alcoholics Anonymous and other modern programs. This edition of the soul-baring narrative features a new graphic novel–style introduction by Joe Ollmann, who also created the cover art.

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  • Memoirs
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Alcohol
  • Substance Abuse & Addictions
  • Self-Help
  • Essays
  • Form
  • Humor
  • Adventure
  • Special Interest
  • Travel

Reviews

"With zombies in vogue and his books coming back onto the market after decades out of print, maybe old Willie Seabrook, the lost king of the weird, can finally get the recognition and infamy he earned."
Benjamin Welton, Vice.com
"Very few people could be as honest as Seabrook is here and it is honesty plus the talent Seabrook has already had that makes a book of this sort first-rate."
The New York Times

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