false 47836 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 47836 8 1398596 1997 Mount Misery total:110|5:2|4:4|3:3|2:3|1:0| 110 381 166 14 2735 3.81 1113 236 31065180 279142 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.44 96 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 3 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Aug 24 11:33:57 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 11:37:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 32191132 1497805 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

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MOUNT MISERY follows the same main characte...more...]]> 57731268 464295 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 5 0 false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:28:16 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:32:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 42826634 11544 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

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Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 2 0 false Sat Apr 25 10:43:43 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 10:44:21 -0700 2009 37771985 1472086 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 4 0 false Fri Nov 14 21:55:48 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 21:59:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 61581097 1957090 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 5 0 false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 20:05:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 12:42:41 -0700 2009 9464848 232740 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 2 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Nov 23 16:48:01 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 17:08:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 7835182 532334 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Oct 17 05:53:56 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 05:33:59 -0700 2007 13254410 766602 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 0 0 false Wed Jan 23 06:43:49 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 06:45:17 -0800 2008 13221265 817836 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 2 0 false Wed May 14 16:21:09 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 22 19:49:40 -0800 2008 Wed May 14 16:21:09 -0700 2008 26118972 1292516 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 02 09:37:05 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 09:37:47 -0700 2008 28247778 1346745 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 0 0 false Fri Jul 25 06:34:17 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 16:41:50 -0700 2008 14936396 886291 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Feb 08 15:12:35 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 15:12:35 -0800 2008 81036779 3044195 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 5 0 false Mon Dec 14 19:26:07 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 21:02:51 -0800 2009 79720383 1380013 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 0 0 false Wed Dec 02 20:51:01 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 20:51:01 -0800 2009 79649872 1234071 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 0 0 false Wed Dec 02 10:12:51 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 10:12:53 -0800 2009 79506862 2994863 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 4 0 false Tue Dec 01 04:52:12 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 04:52:12 -0800 2009 79140821 1641798 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

]]> 1997 4 0 false Fri Nov 27 14:17:04 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 14:17:04 -0800 2009 79038859 2871461 47836 034546334X 9780345463340 13 <![CDATA[Mount Misery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716m/47836.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348716s/47836.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47836.Mount_Misery 3.46 110 The House of God, will be familiar with Dr. Roy Basch, the protagonist of Mount Misery. When last seen, Dr. Basch was completing a grueling residency; Mount Misery finds him beginning his psychiatric training at an upscale New England mental hospital. His introduction to the myriad forms of therapy available today--everything from Freudian psychoanalysis to psychopharmacology--provides Mr. Shem with plenty of blackly humorous grist for his mill. In this hospital, apparently, you need a score card to tell the doctors from the patients.

Shem (the pseudonym of psychiatrist and playwright Dr. Stephen Bergman) delights in broad parody. He creates, for example, characters such as Dr. Heiler who gives lectures entitled "Borderline Germans and German Borderlines," or Dr. A. K. Lowell, whose devotion to Freudian analysis is so extreme that she refuses to speak to patients at all. Though the humor can be clumsy at times, Shem makes some serious points about the perils of psychotherapy in which the therapist is not above reproach.

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