Translated for the first time into English cult German author Rainald Goetz's debut novel Insane draws upon his clinical psychiatric experience to paint a portrait of the asylum as a total institution We follow a young psychiatrist Dr Raspe who enters the profession dreaming of revolutionising its practices Confronted by day-to-day practices & the reality of life in the psychiatric hospital Raspe begins to fray at the edges The very concept of madness is called into question in a brutal portrayal of patients & psychiatrists & the various treatments administered from psychotherapy to electroshock therapy What is madness? & who is truly mad? Diving headlong into a terrifying & oppressive world INSANE is a veritable journey into the madhouse by one of Germany's most prominent & contentious authors