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Electroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that

reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic

depression. For years Andy Behrman hid his raging mania behind a

larger-than-life personality. He sought a high wherever he could

find one and changed jobs the way some people change outfits:

filmmaker, PR agent, art dealer, stripper-whatever made him feel

like a cartoon character, invincible and bright. Misdiagnosed by

psychiatrists and psychotherapists for years, his condition exacted

a terrible price: out-of-control euphoric highs and tornadolike

rages of depression that put his life in jeopardy.

Ignoring his crescendoing illness, Behrman struggled to keep up

appearances, clinging to the golden-boy image he had cultivated in

his youth. But when he turned to art forgery, he found himself the

subject of a scandal lapped up by the New York media, then

incarcerated, then under house arrest. And for the first time the

golden boy didn’t have a ready escape hatch from his unraveling

life. Ingesting handfuls of antidepressants and tranquilizers and

feeling his mind lose traction, he opted for the last resort:

electroshock therapy.

At once hilarious and harrowing, Electroboy paints a

mesmerizing portrait of a man held hostage by his in-satiable

desire to consume. Along the way, it shows us the New York that

never sleeps: a world of strip clubs, after-hours dives, and

twenty-four-hour coffee shops, whose cheap seductions offer comfort

to the city’s lonely souls. This unforgettable memoir is a unique

contribution to the literature of mental illness and introduces a

writer whose energy may well keep you up all night.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Andy Behrman is a manic depressive who has undergone nineteen

electroshock treatments. He has worked as a PR agent and an art

dealer. His writing has been featured most recently in The New

York Times Magazine. A graduate of Wesleyan University, he

knows most of the all-night diners and after-hours bars in the

major cities across the country. He currently lives mania-free on

the Upper West Side of Manhattan. You can reach him at

www.electroboy.com.

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Electroboy is as surreal as life can get,

proving that truth is stranger than fiction. Andy Behrman?s

nightmare anecdotes are addicting.

-Eric Bogosian, author of Mall

"What a wild, mind-ripping, hellacious, and hysterical ride! Like

some cranked-up, amoral Horatio Alger trapped in the dark fun house

of his own brain, Andy Behrman is the stuff demented legends are

made of. Electroboy is a brilliant, riveting instant classic

of the American dream run amok."

-Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight

"Pull down the safety bar, because Electroboy, like the

manic depression it limns, is a roller-coaster ride of

white-knuckled highs and lows. Courageous and dazzling--a

heartbreaking journey into the mind untamed."

-Deborah Copaken Kogan, author of Shutterbabe

"Without ever sounding self-serving or apologetic, Behrman tells

the story of a man utterly at

the mercy of his impulses. It?s sometimes funny, sometimes

horrifying, always fascinating."

-John Taylor, author of Falling

"This stark and unsettling memoir mimics the patterns of the manic

mind. An astonishing story of uncontrolled desire told by one of

the most endearing madmen you?ll ever encounter."

-Katie Roiphe, author of Still She Haunts Me

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书籍介绍

Electroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic depression. For years Andy Behrman hid his raging mania behind a larger-than-life personality. He sought a high wherever he could find one and changed jobs the way some people change outfits: filmmaker, PR agent, art dealer, stripper-whatever made him feel like a cartoon character, invincible and bright. Misdiagnosed by psychiatrists and psychotherapists for years, his condition exacted a terrible price: out-of-control euphoric highs and tornadolike rages of depression that put his life in jeopardy.

Ignoring his crescendoing illness, Behrman struggled to keep up appearances, clinging to the golden-boy image he had cultivated in his youth. But when he turned to art forgery, he found himself the subject of a scandal lapped up by the New York media, then incarcerated, then under house arrest. And for the first time the golden boy didn’t have a ready escape hatch from his unraveling life. Ingesting handfuls of antidepressants and tranquilizers and feeling his mind lose traction, he opted for the last resort: electroshock therapy.

At once hilarious and harrowing, Electroboy paints a mesmerizing portrait of a man held hostage by his in-satiable desire to consume. Along the way, it shows us the New York that never sleeps: a world of strip clubs, after-hours dives, and twenty-four-hour coffee shops, whose cheap seductions offer comfort to the city’s lonely souls. This unforgettable memoir is a unique contribution to the literature of mental illness and introduces a writer whose energy may well keep you up all night.

From the Hardcover edition.