The 1970 Booker Prize-winning novel. Norman is the clever one of a closely-knit Jewish family in London's East End. Infant prodigy, brilliant barrister, the apple of his parents' eyes - until at 41 he becomes a drug addict, confined to his bedroom, at the mercy of his hallucinations and paranoia. Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Author(s): Bernice Rubens Number of pages: 224 Publication date: 1988 Dimensions: 199 x 129 x 15 Cover type: Paperback / softback