Delusional ideas have a lot of power.The Night Before Last is an inspired work about one man's struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. This short-form book tells the story of a brilliant mind, unedited, unconstrained, and sometimes unaware of its surroundings. Richard provides a story of a journey through life few of us could imagine exist's. Often he was able to convince others his delusions were real. Most of us are unaware of the tragedies of Schizophrenia, Richard brings it to the surface.