# The Madman's Tale

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- Book: [The Madman's Tale](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-katzenbach/the-madmans-tale) ([The Madman's Tale.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-katzenbach/the-madmans-tale.md))
- Authors: [John Katzenbach](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-katzenbach)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-4547-847-4
- Published: 2004-06-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

It’s been twenty years since Western State Hospital was closed down and the last of its inmates reintegrated into society. Francis Petrel was barely out of his teens when his family committed him...