LEAD:
The narrator of Clare Allan's new novel Poppy Shakespeare is "N" a mental patient living as a day patient near the mental health facility in Britain. "N"  walks a fine line, she needs treatment but if she is declared 'sane; she will be tossed back into the streets.

RUNS:  5:16

END CUE:  "...published by Bond Street Books, distributed in Canada by Doubleday Canada."