Gorilla and the Bird: A memoir of madness and a mother's love [2017] paperback WWI 'Impeccably researched

'Impeccably researched

In this international bestseller

retired British diplomat

Centuries ago

Gorilla and the Bird: A memoir of madness and a mother's love [2017] paperback WWI 'Impeccably researched'One of the gems of the year' Michele Magwood, Sunday Times (Books LIVE SA) The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who refuses to give up on him. Zack McDermott, a twenty six year old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue