The clinical term, ANHEDONIA, had introduced itself to him in a nightstand book of Caroline's called Feeling GREAT! (AShley Tralpis, M.D., Ph.D.). He'd read the dictionnary entry for ANHEDONIA with a shiver of recognition, a kind of malignant yes, yes: " a psychological condition characterized by inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts." ANHEDONIA was more than a Warning Sign, it was an out-and-out symptom. A dry rot spreading from pleasure to pleasure, a fungus spoiling the delight in luxury and joy in leisure (...).