Dark Night

by Philip First

The hero of the novel is Adam Shatt and he is trying to piece together the truth of his nightmarish condition. His desperate search for his own identity leads him to East Germany where, in a winterbound town, his final confrontation with his unexpected Nemesis occurs.

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Also writes as Philip G. Williamson and Martin Ash.

Reviews

[Nikhil · Rating 5 out of 5]

psychosomatic seizures, kali yuga, plato, the age of unreason, society, revolution, birth, car crashes, your god is in a brothel, anything goes.

phil, talk to me. I found your book in a little antique shop at khajuraho. do you know it? you cant possibly!

[Prune Fusion · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this many years ago and it has survived every clear out. A psychological thriller with an atmosphere of Kafkaesque paranoia that has stayed with me. I have never understood why more people haven’t read it. An underrated gem!