The Lunatic: A Novel

For fans of Patrick Dewitt and Henry David Thoreau comes The Lunatic—the debut literary novel from the author of two previous non-fiction books, Michelle B. Slater, PhD.

Set during the height of the Occupy Movement of 2011, 28-year-old Nell Harding starts an experiment—alongside her faithful animal companion Argos—with the goal of crafting a different kind of life for herself. Despite Nell being a rare books librarian, she’s not immune to the lures of digital distraction, and she wonders if...