The Voices of Robby Wilde

Kytle, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0932020453 / ISBN 13: 9780932020451

Published by Seven Locks Press, Washington, D.C., 1987

About this Item

1987. 1st ed. Fine book in very good dust jacket. Top edge of jacket shows chips and tears. 331 pp. Sm 4to. [Uu].

Seller Inventory # 941

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Voices of Robby Wilde
• Publisher: Seven Locks Press, Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0932020453
• ISBN 13: 9780932020451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

Tells the story of a schizophrenic, describes the hallucinations that have plagued him, and depicts his efforts to live a normal life

Reviews

Kytle, author of Willie Mae, notes that she was requested by the late Robby Wildehe died in 1974, a middle-aged manto relate the story of his paranoid schizophrenia. She here disguises his real name, as well as locales and the people she interviewed about him. He emerges from this account as extraordinarily intelligent, well read and gifted; two of his poems are printed in the book. But Wilde's life was blighted by "voices" that tormented him incessantly. He lost jobs and friendships because of his puzzling behavior, despite his efforts to be "normal." His story broadens our understanding of mental illness and leaves readers dismayed by society's treatment of the afflicted. 5000 first printing.
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