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The Asylum of Dr. Caligari by James Morrow
5.0
dark funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense

As World War I ramps up, a group of mentally ill asylum inmates and one art therapist try to sabotage the terrible art of Dr Caligari which is being used to fire up the troops of all nations. Caligari is wily and ruthless and also he has a cat. More great and terrible satire from Morrow - art versus war, art as an engine of war, art as madness, madness as art, madness love and art jumbled together, are either art or love eternal? Funny, fast, clever and sharp as a needle.