The major new novel from the author of }Great Apes{, }How The Dead Live{ and }The Book Of Dave{, now in paperback. Shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, this follows maverick psychiatrist Zack Busner as he arrives at Friern Hospital, a vast Victorian mental asylum in North London, under a professional and marital cloud. Determined to avoid more stress or controversy, he throws himself into the case of Audrey Dearth, a working class girl who has been immured in Friern for decades... 'I think this may be Will Self's best book' }Observer{