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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780812967081
Electroboy is as surreal as life can get,
proving that truth is stranger than fiction. Andy Behrman?s
nightmare anecdotes are addicting.
-Eric Bogosian, author of Mall
“What a wild, mind-ripping, hellacious, and hysterical ride! Like
some cranked-up, amoral Horatio Alger trapped in the dark fun house
of his own brain, Andy Behrman is the stuff demented legends are
made of. Electroboy is a brilliant, riveting instant classic
of the American dream run amok.”
-Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight
“Pull down the safety bar, because Electroboy, like the
manic depression it limns, is a roller-coaster ride of
white-knuckled highs and lows. Courageous and dazzling–a
heartbreaking journey into the mind untamed.”
-Deborah Copaken Kogan, author of Shutterbabe
“Without ever sounding self-serving or apologetic, Behrman tells
the story of a man utterly at
the mercy of his impulses. It?s sometimes funny, sometimes
horrifying, always fascinating.”
-John Taylor, author of Falling
“This stark and unsettling memoir mimics the patterns of the manic
mind. An astonishing story of uncontrolled desire told by one of
the most endearing madmen you?ll ever encounter.”
-Katie Roiphe, author of Still She Haunts Me
From the Hardcover edition. — Review
reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic
depression. For years Andy Behrman hid his raging mania behind a
larger-than-life personality. He sought a high wherever he could
find one and changed jobs the way some people change outfits:
filmmaker, PR agent, art dealer, stripper-whatever made him feel
like a cartoon character, invincible and bright. Misdiagnosed by
psychiatrists and psychotherapists for years, his condition exacted
a terrible price: out-of-control euphoric highs and tornadolike
rages of depression that put his life in jeopardy.
Ignoring his crescendoing illness, Behrman struggled to keep up
appearances, clinging to the golden-boy image he had cultivated in
his youth. But when he turned to art forgery, he found himself the
subject of a scandal lapped up by the New York media, then
incarcerated, then under house arrest. And for the first time the
golden boy didn’t have a ready escape hatch from his unraveling
life. Ingesting handfuls of antidepressants and tranquilizers and
feeling his mind lose traction, he opted for the last resort:
electroshock therapy.
At once hilarious and harrowing, Electroboy paints a
mesmerizing portrait of a man held hostage by his in-satiable
desire to consume. Along the way, it shows us the New York that
never sleeps: a world of strip clubs, after-hours dives, and
twenty-four-hour coffee shops, whose cheap seductions offer comfort
to the city’s lonely souls. This unforgettable memoir is a unique
contribution to the literature of mental illness and introduces a
writer whose energy may well keep you up all night.
From the Hardcover edition.
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