The gift of the dead: and the confusing decadence of madness

"How does an awkward, invisible guy end up with the most desired woman? How does this awkward guy end up in a mental hospital? What made this awkward guy murder and torture and rape?" These are the questions plaguing a psychiatrist who has been forced into unravelling John Lensing's mind.John Lensing is in a mental institution in Pretoria, South Africa, awaiting trial for murder and numerous other crimes. A court-appointed psychiatrist probes into his past to determine the cause of his psychosis.What he finds is a labyrinth of madness in a confused individual.Raised in a strict religious household and, having been sheltered from the outside world for most of his life, John was immediately attracted to a hedonistic lifestyle of drugs and debauchery he was coaxed into by a free-spirited, tattooed goddess.Triggered by the drugs and fuelled by the abusive memories he had suppressed, John's mental state altered as he went from socially awkward to violent and obsessive.The psychiatrist unearth a side of John that thrives on these violent and passionate extremes and another that loves intensely - to the point of obsession.