<b>THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE HIT SERIES <i>THE CROWDED ROOM</i> STARRING TOM HOLLAND</b> <br> <b>From the author of million-copy bestseller <i>Flowers for Algernon</i>, the shocking true story of the first person in US history to be found not guilty due to multiple personality disorder.</b><br> <b><br> 'Fascinating' <i>LA Times</i></b><br> <b>'Absorbing' <i>Cosmopolitan<br></i><br></b>Billy Milligan was a man tormented by twenty-four distinct personalities battling for supremacy - a battle that culminated when he awoke in jail, arrested for the kidnap and rape of three women. In a landmark trial, Billy was acquitted of his crimes by reason of insanity caused by multiple personality disorder - the first such court decision in history.<br> <br> Among the twenty-four are: Philip, a petty criminal; Kevin, who dealt drugs; April, whose only ambition was to kill Billy's stepfather; Adalana, the shy, affection-starved lesbian who 'used' Billy's body in the rapes that led to his arrest; David, the eight-year-old 'keeper of the pain'; and the Teacher, the sum of all Billy's alter egos fused into one.<br> <br> In <i>The</i> <i>Minds of Billy Milligan</i>, Daniel Keyes brings to light the most remarkable and harrowing case of multiple personality ever recorded.