The author, Andy Behrman, suffers from acute bipolar disorder and during the 80s lived out a stranger than fiction existence becoming involved in male prostitution, then the frenetic 80's art world. There he became involved in a forgery scam which landed him in prison. Eventually the disease was diagnosed and he was treated with repeated bouts of electroshock therapy. In turns hilarious and harrowing, this is a compulsive tale of someone who has tried and done everything, living life on the edges the rest of us only dreams about.
- ISBN10 067088930X
- ISBN13 9780670889303
- Publish Date 7 March 2002 (first published 19 February 2002)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 16 January 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Viking
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English