Author Description

During his long and distinguished career, Miroslav Krleza has battled many forms of tyranny. In ON THE EDGE OF REASON he trains his powerful pen on the field of human folly and hypocrisy - which may change their colors but are seemingly eternal. The protagonist is a middle-aged laywer whose life and career have been eminently respectable and respected: the prototype of a model citizen. Then, one evening, ata party attended by the local elite, he inadvertently blurts out his hones thought...From this moment, all havoc - ON THE EDGE OF REASON reveals the fundamental chasm between conformity and individuality. As folly piles on folly, hypocrisy on hypocrisy, reason itself whirls and spins...until the edge between reality and unreality revolves into a crazy catherine wheel. --jacket flap