Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

Profoundly honest account of William Styron's life of depression, focusing on 1985, the year it became debilitating to him to the point where he almost killed himself. Styron is very literate on the subject of depression itself in the medical sense but he shines in his self-examination of his life from a youth to the time when he wrote the book. For someone who has battled depression, it is a gift of hope that they may someday know serenity and joy.

A very dark but honest look into the mind of a man being tortured by the darkness rising in his own mind. A close-up look at depression whose symptoms and struggles are captured perfectly and eloquently. Should be required reading for anyone suffering depression or close to someone who is.