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The Maniac - Benjamin Labatut Olaf Stapledon Throughout the tumultuous decades ofThe Maniac by Benjamin Labatut ISBN 9780593654477 368 page hardback, published by Penguin Press stated first printing *** Captivating and unclassifiable, at once a historical novel and a philosophical foray Labatut is a writer of thrilling originality. The MANIAC is a work of dark, eerie and singular beauty. The Washington Post Darkly absorbing . . . A brooding, heady narrative that is addictively interesting. Wall Street Journal From one of