Here, at last, is E. Payton's long-rumored, long-awaited novel. A taut psychological exploration of the inner life and demons haunting an alcoholic working writer, a speechwriter by trade. Harrowing at times in its depiction of encroaching madness and its deep roots in childhood, but leavened with humor throughout - especially its hilarious side-excursions into the book's self-contained novella. The book-within-a-book veers off into the chaotic life...