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It contains one of the genres that I hate - the stream of consiciousness. A man is found wandering emabankment penniless and is admitted to hospital.

the first third of the book are the ramblings in his head - which have a very science fiction...more...]]> 7807280 205641 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 3 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 14:22:32 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 08:43:16 -0700 2007 12200326 739153 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 3 1 false Thu Jan 10 17:49:12 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 17:49:51 -0800 2008 17503348 929972 973618 0553143980 9780553143980 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200328700m/973618.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200328700s/973618.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/973618.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.75 8 1971 4 0 false Sat Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Mar 11 07:07:44 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 18 06:56:24 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 12976357 425836 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 0 0 false Sun Jan 20 13:12:46 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 13:15:19 -0800 2008
NY Times on her nobel prize winning "The Fifth Child:"

By recent Nobel literature prizewinner Doris Lessing...about Ms. Lessing, "Ms. Lessing, who turns 88 this month, never finished high school and larg...more...]]> 30315678 1319367 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 3 0 false Sat Aug 16 11:54:47 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 11:54:47 -0700 2008
It's hard to tell exactly what's going on because it's told from the perspective of a mental patient. But just like Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time, the reader is invited to imagine...more...]]> 60520435 1501508 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 4 0 false Sun Jun 21 10:37:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 10:41:26 -0700 2009 longer review here.]]> 55925620 983211 973618 0553143980 9780553143980 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200328700m/973618.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200328700s/973618.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/973618.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 2 0 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 08:34:54 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 08:23:35 -0700 2009 20410964 1092468 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 2 0 false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 15:47:16 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 14:36:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 38977997 1759993 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 5 0 false Sun Nov 30 17:20:06 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 19:07:43 -0800 2008
boats, drowning, ship-wrecked survivors and mad ramblings in a hospital comatose:)]]> 22173857 1089141 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 5 0 true Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Tue May 13 14:06:57 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 06:56:44 -0700 2008
So important that from a teen, I would talk about it to people as a story t...more...]]> 21503217 1136267 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 5 0 false Sat May 03 01:53:04 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 01:51:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 65690764 2562883 973618 0553143980 9780553143980 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200328700m/973618.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200328700s/973618.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/973618.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 5 0 false Fri Jul 31 14:10:27 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 12:38:17 -0700 2009 65113367 289457 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 5 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:54:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:54:34 -0700 2009 40152369 1491640 973619 0586038175 9780586038178 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/973619.Briefing_for_a_Descent_Into_Hell 3.89 9

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1971 4 0 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 10:28:12 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 10 12:21:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15609891 915204 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 5 0 true Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Feb 17 02:14:10 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 02:18:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 54835390 1774279 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 0 0 false Sun May 03 18:11:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 11:34:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 23579225 653611 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 2 0 false Mon Jun 02 22:22:06 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 22:28:31 -0700 2008 Memoirs of a Survivor. I came out with a sense of having gained something. But again, I remember having trouble with the ending and feeling that Lessing just wasn't for me.]]> 3323513 201765 372392 1400077265 9781400077267 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606m/372392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174246606s/372392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372392.Briefing_for_a_Descent_into_Hell 3.74 233 1971 3 0 false Fri Jul 20 12:19:47 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:22:04 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=372392