The Octopus Man – A funny, heart-expanding story by Jasper Gibson.
Once an outstanding law student Tom is now lost in the machinery of the British mental health system, talking to a voice no one else can hear: the voice of Malamock, the Octopus God – sometimes cruel, sometimes loving, but always there to guide him.
After a florid psychotic break, the pressure builds for Tom to take part in an experimental drugs trial that promises to silence the voice for-ever. But no one, least of all Tom, is prepared for what happens when the Octopus God is seriously threatened.
Deeply moving and tragi-comic, The Octopus Man takes us into the complex world of voice-hearing in a bravura literary performance that asks the fundamental questions about belief, meaning, and love.
Jasper Gibson was born in the Peak District, Der-yshire in 1975. He is the co-founder of thepoke.co.uk and is the author of one previous novel, A Bright Moon for Fools in 2013. He lives in East Sussex, where the book is set.
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