A Lone Walk
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ISBN: 0 953589536
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A Lone Walk by Gul Y. Davis
Chilling and passionate: this remarkable novella charts Wil's bid for freedom from a nightmarish mental health system.
'A strange and unexpected read … with a ragged freshness that makes it forceful and affecting' The Times
'Davis, with his terrifically mature writing ability, has a real message to sell, and beneath this spare, harrowing indictment of psychiatric intervention, there is a thick gleam of veracity. A target-swiping read for all those involved in the delivery of institutional care' Time Out
'[A] story of a vulnerable young man caught in a web of familial and institutional abuse … a compelling, poetic and brilliantly constructed piece of work … [Davis] writes with honesty and passionate conviction' Jewish Chronicle
'This novella takes us inside Wil, into his head and his thinking: it takes us under his skin and allows us to feel his feelings, his anxiety, his anger, and his despair, with a remarkable intensity' British Medical Journal