#Lunacy commission trial
"While the testimony of numerous experts called by the district attorney and the defendant's counsel is irreconcilable that given by certain experts who personally examined the defendant during- the trial and since the appointment of the commission, and who of all the alienists examined had greatest opportunity of observing, disclosed the fact that no indication of insanity at the present could be found in the speech, conduct, or physical condition of the defendant. Many of these suggestions were deemed valuable and were adopted by his counsel, and examination of the letters referred to shows that generally the suggestions contained in them were material, sensible, and apparently the product of a sane mind. "The defendant has taken an active part in the conduct of the trial, has made numerous suggestions orally in court and by letter as to the selection of jurors and the examination of witnesses. "In the frequent and in some cases daily-during the several months last past-intercourse had by the defendant with the Tombs physicians, chaplains, keepers, other attendants, and the probation officer these persons failed to discover anything irrational in his conduct or speech. "After careful examination of the defendant personally and of all the evidence we find the following facts: unforgettable novel." â Gulf Weekly "Poetic & terrible⦠quite incredible" â Tor.com "A brilliant novel.Submitted to Justice Fitzgerald by Chairman McClure PRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHAR'S A MAN LIES DREAMING JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER 2015 BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE 2015 PREMIO ROMA NOMINEE 2016 GEFFEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2019 DUBLIN LITERATURE AWARD LONGLIST 2016 "Complex, elusive and intriguing" â The Jerusalem Post "Nasty, clever, waspish and witty⦠a brilliant and potent thought experiment" â The Sunday Herald "Bold and unnerving" â NPR "Damn good" â Jewish Book Council "A wholly original Holocaust story: as outlandish as it is poignant." â Kirkus (starred review) "A vital, brilliant novel" â Barnes & Noble SFF Blog "Outstanding and moving" â Maxim Jakubowski, .uk "Gripping⦠clever and thrilling work" â Buzz Magazine "In turns brutal, harrowing, heartbreaking and intriguingâ¦. A brilliant alternate history noir with a heart, these stories are in turn shocking, horrifying and comic, as could only come from the mind of World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar. Now Wolf is back, in five darkly comic new stories that see him take on blackmail, murder, and theft â not to mention his old comrades. Forgotten by history, the man now calling himself Wolf is the lowest of the low, suffering fresh humiliations at every turn. There is no one like him." â Ian McDonald With an introduction by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of New York Times Bestseller Mexican Gothic Lavie Tidhar's ground-breaking, award winning novel A Man Lies Dreaming introduced Adolf Hitler as a down-at-heels private detective, forced to eke out a miserable living in 1930s London.
"Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own." âNPR "A warped genius.
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