Beckomberga by Sara Stridsberg (Paperback)

Beckomberga is a haunting novel by Swedish author Sara Stridsberg, translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner. Jackie's father Jim is a patient at Beckomberga, Stockholm's famous and infamous psychiatric hospital, a grand but crumbling building beside a beautiful park. On her visits she comes to know the other residents and their unconventional doctor. The novel follows a daughter's lifelong witness to her father's illness and the world inside the hospital.