![]() Its no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. ![]() In the darkness of his room on his first night, hes visited by a terrifying creature with the body of an old man and the head of a bison who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. He is accused of a crime he cant quite square with his memory. Hes not mentally ill, but that doesnt seem to matter. Pepper is a rambunctious big man, minor-league troublemaker, working-class hero (in his own mind), and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - Publishers Weekly New Hyde Hospitals psychiatric ward has a new resident. ![]() ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ![]()
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