Asylum (McGrath novel)

Asylum
First edition
AuthorPatrick McGrath
LanguageEnglish
GenreGothic novel
PublisherRandom House
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages254
ISBN0-679-45228-1

Asylum is a 1996 gothic fiction novel by British author Patrick McGrath.[1] The novel is the chronicle of a story about self-obsession narrated by the point of view of a psychiatrist. It was adapted into a 2005 film directed by David Mackenzie.