This Novel Traces Painter Richard Dadd’s Descent into Madness and Murder
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
9/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
6/15
Depth
3/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
Tracking a year in the victorian painter Richard Dadd’s life as he toured Europe and went mad, Jennifer Higgie’s novel, Bedlam, is a fever-dream of visions and delusions, republished to coincide with an upcoming exhibition of Dadd’s work at the RA


