A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller Is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal Depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the ful...A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller Is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal Depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror Of Depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery.