I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE Wally Lamb (Identical Twin Paranoid Schizophrenia) 1st

I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb


Published by ReganBooks, 1998, stated first edition.


This is a thick hardcover with dustjacket and is in good condition. Tight covers and binding. No writing. Some wear to the edges. 901 pages.


The novel takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut, in the early 1990s. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin Thomas suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. With medication, Thomas is able to live his life in relative peace and work at a coffee stand, yet occasionally has severe episodes of illness. Thinking he is making a sacrificial protest that will stop the Gulf War, Thomas cuts off his own hand at a public library. Dominick sees him through the decision not to reattach the hand, and makes efforts on his behalf to free him from the inadequate and depressing hospital for the dangerously mentally ill. In the process, Dominick contemplates his own difficult life as Thomas's brother, his marriage to his ex-wife, their only child dying of SIDS, and his hostil