Why I Chase Comedians And Other Bipolar Tales

<p>Through often self-deprecating insights Frankie Owens takes the reader inside the mind of someone afflicted by hypermania. The book shows how he struggled with booming ideas, breathtaking feats of imagination, coming down to Earth and dealing with the wreckage. Written in the style of his acclaimed Little Book of Prison, this new work follows a relapse when the author (founder of the Read and Grow Society and by now a respected, law-abiding exponent of Criminology and Literacy) found himself back in prison following a manic episode. <span>A rare journey into the bipolar mind which 'opens-up' on mental health. A raw, challenging, humorous account.</span></p><p><br></p>