Patricia Duncker

Explorando o terreno entre a loucura e o amor, Alucinando Foucault acompanha a obsessão de um leitor por um brilhante romancista.

At the turn of the nineteenth century, ten-year-old James Miranda Barry enrolled as a medical student in Edinburgh, the start of a glorious career as a military surgeon. Across the Empire, Barry achieved fame not only as a brilliant physician, but also a legendary duellist and a celebrated social figure. But James …