In this comic, subversive German cult novel, the psychiatric establishment is intent on pushing through its agenda at all costs. It is the drug oneirine - initially developed in Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" by Nazi scientists - that researchers now believe holds the key to psychiatry's future. The narrative swarms with monstrous figures involved in weird events that rapidly cycle back and forth between the humorous, the anxious, the surreal, the tragic and the disgusting. First published in Berlin, this transgressive text ...
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In this comic, subversive German cult novel, the psychiatric establishment is intent on pushing through its agenda at all costs. It is the drug oneirine - initially developed in Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" by Nazi scientists - that researchers now believe holds the key to psychiatry's future. The narrative swarms with monstrous figures involved in weird events that rapidly cycle back and forth between the humorous, the anxious, the surreal, the tragic and the disgusting. First published in Berlin, this transgressive text propels the reader on a wild ride down the corridors of a clinic primarily staffed by unscrupulous psychiatrists geared to carrying out the perverse bidding of the drug industry.
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