This book is a fairly straight-forward non-fiction story about a young man who in his early 20s develops psychosis and the other symptoms of Schizophrenia. His father, Patrick, a foreign correspondent for UK newspapers, provides most of the narration but several chapters are written by the young man Henry himself and offer of fairly unique point of view. Apart from Henry's descent into madness and the problems it causes for his family, this book also explores the medical research into Schizophrenia, treatments over the ages and the sorry state of contemporary mental health care in western nations. With my own history it's hard not to be moved by stories like this and it's clear that Henry himself still hasn't completely come to terms with the events that changed his life. Still with his partial recovery it offers a message of hope in the end.
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