The Devil in Silver : A Novel (Paperback)

from cammykitty

After Pepper "helps" his not-quite girlfriend with her ex, he finds himself locked up in the psychiatric ward of New Hyde Hospital in Queens New York. That would be bad enough, but to make matters worse the patient "suicide" rate is up and there seems to be a devil roaming the ward. So is this no...

from Wilde-ly

Victor LaValle is pretty genius. The book hooks you right away and keeps you so enthralled that it can be easy to keep flipping the pages in eager interest. But there's so much between the lines and behind the words, that it's worth slowing down. LaValle trips you up just when you think you know ...

from booklove2

You will be angry at every detail on the way the main character in this book, Pepper, is thrown into a mental institution. How would it help someone's mental state if they are on medication that won't allow them to move their limbs? The book seems to feature a basic, simple concept: the patients ...

from TinaV95

"The Devil in Silver" is the story of Pepper -- a working class guy who suddenly finds himself committed into a mental institution when he upsets several NYC cops. Pepper's misadventures in the psych ward are worsened by his stubborn streak and refusal to be the a good patient (i.e. passive and a...

from kidzdoc

Pepper is a fortysomething blue collar wise guy from Queens, New York, a big man whose height and girth are exceeded only by his unfiltered mouth, naïveté, and unique ability to make every bad situation much worse. His reverse Midas touch lands him in the psychiatric unit at New Hyde Hospital, af...