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Houdini's Box
Adam Phillips
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Description for Houdini's Box
Paperback. .
In his most captivating book to date, Adam Phillips explores mankind's on-going fascination with ideas of escape. Taking as his starting point the life and works of Harry Houdini - 'the greatest magician the world has ever seen' - he considers why some people might become compulsive escape artists, whereas others appear to find freedom in self-imposed confinement.
'A rare achievement - as remarkable a piece of work as Houdini ever performed himself.' Daily Telegraph
Product Details
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
132g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571206650
SKU
V9780571206650
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About Adam Phillips
Adam Phillips was born in Cardiff in 1954. He is the author of numerous works of psychotherapy and literary criticism, including Winnicott, On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored, Going Sane, Side Effects, On Kindness, co-written with Barbara Taylor, On Balance, Missing Out, One Way and Another and Becoming Freud. Adam Phillips is a practising psychoanalyst and a visiting professor ... Read more
Reviews for Houdini's Box
'Though Phillips' territory is complication, he reports back in the simplest of words. He is perhaps single-handedly continuing the tradition of the world's best essayists! Observer; 'A rare achievement - as remarkable a piece of work as Houdini ever performed himself; Daily Telegraph