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The Normals

In this critically acclaimed comic masterpiece, David Gilbert tells the story of Billy Schine, a young man who innocently enrolls in a 14-day human drug testing study and finds his normal world turned upside-down. Like a One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for the postmodern age, The Normalsis a tour de force from a writer of astonishing intelligence and imagination.

Setting
2000s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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