{"product_id":"kevin-show","title":"Kevin Show","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Monopolists\u003c\/i\u003e, the \"fascinating\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) story of Olympian Kevin Hall and the syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Kevin Hall: brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic sailor. Kevin has an Ivy League degree, a winning smile, and throughout his adult life, he has been engaged in an ongoing battle with a person that doesn''t exist to anyone but him: the Director. In the tradition of Kay Redfield Jamison''s \u003ci\u003eAn Unquiet Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist and \u003ci\u003eNYT \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Mary Pilon''s \u003ci\u003eThe Kevin Show\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the many-sided struggle--of Kevin, his family, and the medical profession--to understand and treat a psychiatric disorder whose euphoric highs and creative ties to pop culture have become inextricable from Kevin''s experience of himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin suffers from what doctors are beginning to call the \"Truman Show\" delusion, a form of bipolar disorder named for the 1998 movie in which the main character realizes he is the star of a reality TV show. When the Director commands Kevin to do things, the results often lead to handcuffs, hospitalization, or both. Once he nearly drove a car into Boston Harbor. His girlfriend, now wife, was in the passenger seat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterweaving Kevin''s perspective--including excerpts from his journals and sketches--with police reports, medical records, and interviews with those who were present at key moments in his life, \u003ci\u003eThe Kevin Show\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracing, suspenseful, and eye-opening view of the role that mental health plays in a seemingly ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317270880638,"sku":"NW9781632866820","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781632866820.jpg?v=1778721441","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/kevin-show","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}