The Deadly Percheron

''Doctor, I think I''m losing my mind...''. When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews'' office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews finds himself dragged into a strange, surreal world where nothing is certain. And when an actress is found murdered, a horse tied up outside her apartment, Matthews loses his memory - and must find it in a nightmarish urban jungle of mistaken identities, secrets and insanity.

Autorentext
John Franklin Bardin, in a frenzy of activity from 1946-8, wrote back-to-back the three novels The Deadly Percheron, The Last of Philip Banter and Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly that would ensure his cult reputation. He worked in advertising and as an editor and teacher and died in New York City in 1981.

Zusammenfassung

Who stole George Matthews' life?

'Doctor, I think I'm losing my mind'

When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews' office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews finds himself dragged into a strange, surreal world where nothing is certain. And when an actress is found murdered, a horse tied up outside her apartment, Matthews loses his memory and must find it in a nightmarish urban jungle of mistaken identities, secrets and insanity.