

The devil in silver
4.0
(4 ratings)412 pages2012Spiegel & GrauISBN 9781400069866
Mentally illPsychiatric hospital patientsPsychiatric hospitalsFictionNew York Times reviewedFiction, psychological
About this book
Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. He's not mentally ill, but that doesn't seem to matter. On his first night, he's visited by a terrifying creature who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. It's no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back: Dorry, an octogenarian schizophrenic; Coffee, an African immigrant with severe OCD; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage girl. Battling the pill-pushing staff, one another, and their own minds, they try to kill the monster that's stalking them. But can the Devil die?
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Spiegel & Grau
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 412
- ISBN
- 9781400069866
- Language
- en
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