Synopses & Reviews
Psychiatrist Gene Brewer doesn't have a diagnosis for the mysterious new patient who calls himself "prot" (rhymes with goat). But this strange and likeable man cannot be--as he claims--from the planet K-PAX.
Or can he? Prot knows facts about space that are confounding the experts. He is soon revealing Dr. Brewer's own deepest pains and most sublime longings. And his tales of K-PAX have other patients competing to go along with him when he heads "home". Now the doctor is racing the clock to find prot's true identity before he losses a man whose "madness" might just save them all. . .
Published in a dozens countries with movie rights sold to the producer of Field of Dreams, K-PAX has touched the hearts and expanded the horizons of readers around the world. It promises to join Robert Heinlein's classic Stranger in a Strange Land as a moving, thought-provoking masterpiece of modern-day fiction.
Review
"Gripping...moving...touching and suspenseful."--
Publishers Weekly"A mixture of 'Starman,' Oliver sacks, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."--The Guardian
Synopsis
A new patient brought to the hospital claims to be from the planet K-PAX. Psychiatrist Gene Brewer doesn't have a diagnosis for the man who calls himself "prot", but prot knows facts about space that confound experts, and his tales of K-PAX have other patients competing to go along with him when he goes "home". Martin's Press.
About the Author
Gene Brewer was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana, and educated at DePauw University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Before becoming a novelist, he studied DNA replication and cell division at several major research institutions. Dr. Brewer lives in New York City with his wife and Dalmatian.