{"product_id":"014313289x","title":"The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST •  Named a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Brave and nuanced . . . an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Immensely emotional and unforgettably haunting.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed author Jonathan Rosen’s haunting investigation of the forces that led his closest childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved. A story about friendship, love, and the price of self-delusion, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Minds \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the ways in which we understand—and fail to understand—mental illness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Rosens moved to New Rochelle in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor became inseparable. Both children of college professors, the boys were best friends and keen competitors, and, when they both got into Yale University, seemed set to join the American meritocratic elite.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Michael blazed through college in three years, graduating summa cum laude and landing a top-flight consulting job. But all wasn’t as it seemed. One day, Jonathan received the call: Michael had suffered a serious psychotic break and was in the locked ward of a psychiatric hospital.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Michael was still battling delu­sions when he traded his halfway house for Yale Law School. Featured in The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas a role model genius, he sold a memoir, with film rights to Ron Howard. But then Michael, in the grip of an unshakeable paranoid fantasy, stabbed his girlfriend Carrie to death and became a front-page story of an entirely different sort.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Tender, funny, and harrowing by turns, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Minds \u003c\/i\u003eis Jonathan Rosen’s magnificent and heartbreaking account of good intentions and tragic outcomes whose significance will echo widely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedical Books\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePsychology\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003ePathologies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49198166671550,"sku":"014313289X-4","price":5.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81-MiVZgC0L.jpg?v=1790796165","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/014313289x","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}