Dalton Lewis's colossal breakdown causes employers to fire him, friendships to fracture, and society to hate and fear him. This realistic look at mental illness encompasses forty years of his life, from a depressed childhood to a globe-spanning dynamic college education and the complete failure of an adult work life. His friends and family support him through multiple hospitalizations, alcohol abuse, and an inability to understand the world around him. Daniel Trump's autobiographical look at life with schizophrenia is his most ambitious and complete work of literature.