title: THE BOOK: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You are
author: Alan Watts
description: Drawing upon ancient Hindu philosophy, the author explores the human psyche and the importance of personal identity.
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  # IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
  
  
  ## Lindsey Kelk
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## [Copyright](part0003.html#copy)
  
  
  Published by HarperCollins _Publishers_ Ltd
  
  
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  First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2020
  
  
  Copyright © Lindsey Kelk 2020
  
  
  Cover design by Holly Macdonald © HarperCollins _Publishers_ Ltd 2020
  
  
  Cover illustrations © Lucy Truman/Meiklejohn
  
  
  Lindsey Kelk asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this
  work.
  
  
  Words from ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S Eliot taken from _The
  Complete Poems and Plays_ by T.S. Eliot © 1952
  
  
  Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Limited
  
  
  A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
  
  
  This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents
  portrayed in it are the work of the author’s ima