Shortlisted for the guardian first book prize Poppy Shakespeare is wholly unique -- both An Insider's look at the madness of the mental health system and An Outsider's discovery of the power of an unlikely friendship, it...Shortlisted for the guardian first book prize Poppy Shakespeare is wholly unique -- both An Insider's look at the madness of the mental health system and An Outsider's discovery of the power of an unlikely friendship, it signals the arrival of an extraordinary new voice on the international literary scene. Who is mad?