Van Allen's ecstasy
By: Jim Tushinski.
Publisher: Southern Tier Editions, Harrington Park Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Description: "Born into an extraordinarily talented family, twenty-nine-year-old Michael Van Allen is the gay son of a well-known concert pianist and an equally famous painter. All his life, he has yearned for the talent and creativity that should have been his birthright but have somehow been denied him. When he wakes up in a mental hospital, his memory gone, his former life erased, his doctor tells him of his screaming breakdown during one of his father's performances. Van Allen's Ecstasy is the story of Michael's journey in search of his former self. As he pieces together his forgotten life, Michael uncovers jealousy, obsession, and secret desires that threaten to destroy his sanity once again."--Jacket.