Playthings

• $9.99
• 1 mg
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Alex Pheby’s Playthings is a visceral and darkly comic portrait of severe mental illness based on the true story of nineteenth-century German judge Daniel Paul Schreber. As his body and mind begin to disintegrate, Schreber’s paranoia leads him to believe that he is the object of a vast conspiracy involving his doctors, his wife, and even God himself. His descent into madness is both tragic and absurd, as he struggles to maintain his grip on reality while the world around him spirals out of control. Pheby’s novel is a haunting exploration of the human psyche, blending historical fact with fictional imagination to create a narrative that is as unsettling as it is compelling.