Jonathan Harnisch Podcast

Battle of the Book Reviews Featuring Lover in the Nobody by Jonathan Harnisch (Author) Kirkus Literary Magazine Book Review vs. Writers DigestAn extraordinary, harrowing odyssey into an embattled self, full of humor, compassion, and a rare understanding of mental illness.-- Kirkus Reviews The characters' conversation seems stiff and "literary." -- Judge, 23rd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book AwardsA young man battling extreme mental illness brings his sadomasochistic fantasies to life in Harnisch's (Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia, 2014, etc.) latest novel.As this riveting story opens, Georgie Gust, a suicidal Tourette's syndrome patient, tells his doctor he wants to leave the mental institution where he's been committed. When the doctor puts him off, Gust finds himself buffeted by violent fantasies of escape, and he even prepares to hang himself. The novel plunges readers into the mind of a man at war with his own urges, memories, and sexual obsessions. After a scene shift, Gust's chauffeur, Ben, del