Leopold Leipoldt is a well-regarded psychoanalyst in a Suicide Prevention Unit in London. When a young woman who cannot stop crying named Joyce is referred to him, he is fascinated by both her condition and her outlook on life, and is especially determined to make her better. Yet, despite his best efforts, their relationship shatters his certainties in his methods, pushing him further away from reality and towards a journey of discovery and destruction.
Total Joy is a daring, self-assured and electrifying story about the limits of the imagination, asking important questions about self-doubt, desire and the complexities of human connection.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Total Joy is a daring, self-assured and electrifying story about the limits of the imagination, asking important questions about self-doubt, desire and the complexities of human connection.
Genre: Literary Fiction