{"product_id":"0553263811","title":"The Minds of Billy Milligan","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the streaming series \u003ci\u003eThe Crowded Room\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Tom Holland • From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003c\/i\u003e comes the shocking true story of a man battling multiple personality disorder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An absorbing, often heart-rending exploration of the human mind.”—\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBilly Milligan can be anyone he wants to be . . . except himself.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBilly Milligan was a man tormented by twenty-four distinct personalities battling for supremacy over his body—a battle that culminated when he awoke in jail, arrested for the kidnap and rape of three women. 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