A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

本书以访谈录的形式记载了生活在另一个角落的人群（精神病患者、心理障碍者等边缘人）深刻、视角独特的所思所想，让人们可以了解到疯子抑或天才真正的内心世界。此书是国内第一本具有人文情怀的精神病患谈访录。内容涉及生理学、心理学、佛学、宗教、量子物理、符号学以及玛雅文明和预言等众多领域。

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.