Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Lives

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Product ID:	9780141044057
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Tormented Hope
Subtitle:	Nine Hypochondriac Lives
Authors:	Author: Brian Dillon
Page Count:	304
Subjects:	Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, Coping with illness & specific conditions
Description:	Select Guide Rating Looks at nine prominent hypochondriacs - James Boswell, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Daniel Paul Schreber, Alice James, Marcel Proust, Glenn Gould and Andy Warhol - and what their lives tell us about the way the mind works with, and against, the body. ''It''s so good that, after reading it, I needed a lie-down'' - Hilary Mantel, Guardian Books of the Year Brian Dillon looks at nine prominent hypochondriacs - James Boswell, Charlotte Brontë, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Daniel Paul Schreber, Alice James, Marcel Proust, Glenn Gould and Andy Warhol - and what their lives tell us about the way the mind works with, and against, the body. His findings are stimulating and surprising, and the stories he tells are often moving, sometimes hilarious, and always gripping. With a new afterword on Michael Jackson. Brian Dillon''s first book, In the Dark Room, won the Irish Book Award for Non-fiction in 2006. He lives in Canterbury.
Imprint Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2010-05-06

Weight	212 g
Dimensions	198 × 129 × 19 mm