Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

Doris Lessing

Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0

A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly “mad.” Professor Charles Watkins of Cambridge University is a patient at a mental hospital where the doctors try with increasing drugs to bring his mind under control. But Watkins has embarked on a tremendous psychological adventure where, after spinning endlessly on a raft in the Atlantic, he lands on a tropical island inhabited by strange creatures with strange customs. Later, he is carried off on a cosmic journey into space…


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  • BopsyVonBops
    Mar 19, 2025
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0

    Felt like reading a fever dream but a good fever dream, very interesting characters and definitely unpredictable plot but it is a good solid book

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