"This novel is a must." - RFD (Asheville, NC). "A sense of life, the search for identity, intellectual militancy, the ambiguity of human relationships, unsatisfied desire, and weakness in facing existence are just some of the facets of life that the author evokes with precision." - Livres (Brussels). Real warmth." - Jonathan Williams, Musings. Ackerley's honesty, intimacy, and ease of style. It is tender, funny, and true." - William S. The novel aches with adolescent first loves. 'A haunting vision of young friendship shattered by an outrageously cruel world. Earlier versions of the novel were published under the titles of Cody and Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada. Memory and Madness is a unique contribution to coming of age literature. By turns funny, romantic, insightful, and sad, this evocative novel brilliantly recreates the landscape of late adolescence, when friendships seem eternal and loves reincarnate. Yet, when they meet, there's a familiarity, a sense they've known each other before.
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