A comic nightmare of black-magical realism, Geoffrey Cain's The Wards Of St. Dymphna chronicles the exploits of Brian McCorley through the Dantean labyrinths of the unconscious as it spills out onto the streets and into the donut shops of small town California. Seeing the world through a mad third eye, the reader sees Brian's soul laid bare through his hilarious interactions with the inner, outer and underworld. A seemingly linear spiritual quest turns into a mobius strip mining of the soul, peeling the skin off a moment in time amidst a search for redemption into the comically unredeemable. The Wards Of St. Dymphna is a debut novel showcasing an original talent that will leave its readers looking eagerly forward to Geoffrey Cain's next literary project.