Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: The Asylum of Dr. CaligariAuthor: James MorrowNarrator: Paul BoehmerFormat: UnabridgedLength: 5 hrs and 18 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 08-29-17Publisher: Tantor AudioGenres: Fiction, HumorSummary:If you think today's profiteers are diabolical, blink again.It is the summer of 1914. As the world teeters on the brink of the Great War, a callow American painter, Francis Wyndham, arrives at a renowned European insane asylum, where he begins offering art therapy under the auspices of Alessandro Caligari - sinister psychiatrist, maniacal artist, alleged sorcerer. And determined to turn the impending cataclysm to his financial advantage, Dr. Caligari will - for a price - allow governments to parade their troops past his masterpiece: a painting so mesmerizing it can incite entire regiments to rush headlong into battle.The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a timely tale that is by turns funny and erotic, tender and bayonet sharp - but ultimately emerges as a love letter to that mysterious, indispensable thing called art.Contact: [email protected]

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