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The DO Book Club, July 2023: ‘Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness’

By The DO Staff

07.28.23

Pulling oneself up by the bootstraps is entrenched in the American lexicon: opportunity is abundant and arduous work will provide success. While that may be fundamentally true, what William Styron writes in “Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness” is a compelling account of his experience of reaching the pinnacle of recognition and success and his spiral into a deep depression.