The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Evelyn Waugh
 Gilbert Pinfold is a middle-aged Catholic novelist teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown. In an attempt to cure his nerves he doses himself liberally with bromide, chloral and crème de menthe. He books a passage on the SS Caliban, assuming it will be a nice break; however his crisis deepens and he slips into madness. it:La prova di Gilbert Pinfold ru:Испытание Гилберта Пинфолда