The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity

Medical Psychology Pathologies

Author: Mark Vonnegut

The Eden Express describes from the inside Mark Vonnegut’s experience in the late ’60s and early ’70s–a recent college grad; in love; living communally on a farm, with a famous and doting father, cherished dog, and prized jalopy–and then the nervous breakdowns in all their slow-motion intimacy, the taste of mortality and opportunity for humor they provided, and the grim….Read More

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