First published 1978
In an experimental government center for troubled Vietnam veterans, the inmates have taken over. One works on a Shakespearean dog play, another fancies himself a caped superhero. Colonel Vincent Kane, the psychiatrist in charge, observes it all with an unsettling stoicism. As the mysteries and madness deepen, the final resolution will hit you like a thunderclap.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, mystery, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
135 pages · Hardcover · Harper
Content warnings: mental-illness