Well I’ve scrolled through the comments, listened to audiobook and several other interviews. My late brother had paranoid schizophrenia --mercifully his meds worked and he took them--and I’ve known other individuals with the condition.
I find Michael Lauder a most unreliable narrator. Part of me wishes that this beautifully written book c…
Well I’ve scrolled through the comments, listened to audiobook and several other interviews. My late brother had paranoid schizophrenia --mercifully his meds worked and he took them--and I’ve known other individuals with the condition.
I find Michael Lauder a most unreliable narrator. Part of me wishes that this beautifully written book contained more fact checking. Did Lauder really phone his dad every morning from Yale Law School to be reassured that the flames engulfing his bedroom were not real. Once certainly. Possibly more than once. But every day? It’s such a great story. Imho he made stuff up to create a palatable version of his illness while hiding the most disturbing and troubling aspects. Lauder went to Hollywood even bf Hollywood came to him.
Well I’ve scrolled through the comments, listened to audiobook and several other interviews. My late brother had paranoid schizophrenia --mercifully his meds worked and he took them--and I’ve known other individuals with the condition.
I find Michael Lauder a most unreliable narrator. Part of me wishes that this beautifully written book contained more fact checking. Did Lauder really phone his dad every morning from Yale Law School to be reassured that the flames engulfing his bedroom were not real. Once certainly. Possibly more than once. But every day? It’s such a great story. Imho he made stuff up to create a palatable version of his illness while hiding the most disturbing and troubling aspects. Lauder went to Hollywood even bf Hollywood came to him.