The Comforts of Madness

(1988)
A novel by Paul Sayer

Awards
Whitbread Prize Best First Novel

Winner of the 1988 Whitbread Award, "The Comforts of Madness" is narrated by a catatonic who never speaks. To the rest of the world he is an inert body and is subjected to a variety of experiments, but his own consciousness is vital and reflective.

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Used availability for Paul Sayer's The Comforts of Madness

Hardback Editions

December 1989 : USA Hardback

Title: The Comforts of Madness
Author(s): Paul Sayer
ISBN: 0-385-26777-0 / 978-0-385-26777-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Doubleday
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June 1988 : UK Hardback

Title: The Comforts of Madness
Author(s): Paul Sayer
ISBN: 0-09-468480-4 / 978-0-09-468480-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Constable
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Paperback Editions

January 1991 : USA Paperback

Title: Comforts of Madness, The
Author(s): Paul Sayer
ISBN: 0-385-26778-9 / 978-0-385-26778-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Anchor
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July 1989 : UK Paperback

Title: Comforts of Madness
Author(s): Paul Sayer
ISBN: 0-340-50804-3 / 978-0-340-50804-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Sceptre
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1988 : UK Mass Market Paperback

Title: Comforts of Madness, The
Author(s): Paul Sayer
ISBN: 0-340-51191-5 / 978-0-340-51191-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Sceptre
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Kindle Editions

January 2015 : USA, Canada, UK Kindle edition

Title: The Comforts of Madness
Author(s): Paul Sayer
Publisher: Paul Sayer
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