Mercury — Anna Kavan

Set against a world facing apocalypse, a man searches for a woman who has left her sadistic husband. This glittering, hallucinogenic novel is surely one of the best inspired by drug-taking."" - Doris Lessing ""[A] work of genius."" - Publishers Weekly ""Exquisite, lapidary prose brilliantly illuminates the eerie land that lurks deep within the mind, waiting to surprise and torment."" - Kirkus Reviews.