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'Written in mental hospitals, in jail, and while its author was functioning in the community, this book is an intense, intimate portrait of the inner life of a schizophrenic. As soon as Burke finished this autobiographical "novel" in 1985, he took a massive overdose of drugs and ended a life that been plagued by paranoid schizophrenia for more than a decade.' (Publisher)
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Contains 'The Truth Effect', a stream-of-consciousness novel by Ross David Burke, with additional research and commentary on schizophrenia by Richard Gates and Robin Hammond.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Schizophrenia. Type of character Primary (autobiographical). Point of view Unconfirmed.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Facing Up to the Torment of Psychotic Illusions
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 19 February 1994; (p. 22)
— Review of When the Music's Over : A Journey into Schizophrenia 1993 single work autobiography novel
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Facing Up to the Torment of Psychotic Illusions
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 19 February 1994; (p. 22)
— Review of When the Music's Over : A Journey into Schizophrenia 1993 single work autobiography novel
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cAustralia,c
- ca. 1960-1985
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