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Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a hospital in North London. N has been a
patient for thirteen years. Day after day she sits smoking in the common
room and swapping medication. Like the other patients, N's ambition is
never to be discharged. Then in walks Poppy Shakespeare in a short skirt
and snakeskin heels. Poppy is certain she isn't mentally ill and
desperate to return to her life outside and, though baffled, N agrees to
help her. But in a world where everything's upside down, are they crazy
enough to upset the system?> 'Poppy Shakespeare has that rare
quality: the feel of a book that needed to be written ... It is
bitterly, brutally funny and extraordinarily moving' Telegraph 'Catch-22
meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ... an electrifying debut ...
surreal, raucous, infuriating and very funny' Guardian 'The characters,
in all their bravado, pathos and absurdity, feel utterly true to life.
It is a brave and original piece of work' Patrick McGrath 'Funny,
lyrical and deeply affecting ... Seize this passionate, unsettling,
accomplished debut with both hands' Spectator >
Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a hospital in North London. N has been a
patient for thirteen years. Day after day she sits smoking in the common
room and swapping medication. Like the other patients, N's ambition is
never to be discharged. Then in walks Poppy Shakespeare in a short skirt
and snakeskin heels. Poppy is certain she isn't mentally ill and
desperate to return to her life outside and, though baffled, N agrees to
help her. But in a world where everything's upside down, are they crazy
enough to upset the system?>
