On a solitary quest for higher understanding of himself and of humanity, John walks the countryside, carrying his bag filled with books, until he is assaulted by small town police and forcibly... More > committed to a mental hospital. Through the course of John’s psychiatric evaluation, he walks us along the fine line between genius and insanity that he has long been walking alone. John’s psychiatrist, Dr. Bill Johansen, and Bruce Rand, a retired ‘old school cop’, both come to his aid and, as they cope with their own loss, tragedy, and personal growth and grow to understand him and his philosophy, they find that he has come to their aid as well.< Less
On a solitary quest for higher understanding of himself and of humanity, John walks the countryside, carrying his bag filled with books, until he is assaulted by small town police and forcibly... More > committed to a mental hospital.
Through the course of John’s psychiatric evaluation, he walks us along the fine line between genius and insanity that he has long been walking alone. John’s psychiatrist, Dr. Bill Johansen, and Bruce Rand, a retired ‘old school cop’, both come to his aid and, as they cope with their own loss, tragedy, and personal growth and grow to understand him and his philosophy, they find that he has come to their aid as well.< Less
Ever wonder what goes on inside the head of that brilliant yet quiet person you may think you know? Me and Mr. C is, among other things, a unique look, in first-person narrative,from the inside of... More > just such a head. (as best such a phenomenon can be captured, anyway)
It is also an example of the vast difference that can be made in a life of misunderstood or tortured genius when there exists a mentor possessed of sufficient wisdom to provide the requisite guidance.
Today,more than ever before, the difference between a new DaVinci or a new Uni-bomber is so very much the difference between the presence or absence of just such a mentor.
Without giving too much away here...this book asks you to think, to get outside of yourself and step inside of a singularly isolated and rare narrative voice. This book asks if you are capable of leaving preconceptions behind and seeing with different eyes, at least for a little while. I hope you enjoy the view.< Less
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