The Best Minds
New York, 1973. Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor were best friends and fierce rivals who followed each other to Yale University. Then one day, Jonathan received a devastating call: Michael had suffered a psychotic break and was in a psychiatric hospital. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Michael was still in hospital when he learned he'd been accepted to Yale Law School, and decided to enroll. He managed to graduate, and after his triumphant story was featured in The New York Times, sold a memoir for a vast sum. Ron Howard bought film rights, completing the dream for Michael and his tirelessly supportive girlfriend Carrie. But then Michael, in the grip of psychosis, committed a horrific act that made him a front-page story of an entirely different sort. The Best Minds is both a beautifully rendered coming of age story and an indictment of the profound neglect of mental illness in our society.
  • Publisher: Allen Lane
  • Publication date: 18/04/2023
  • ISBN: 9780241647448
  • Page extent: 576
  • Format: Hardback
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