Tormented Hope by Brian Dillon
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 *
A brilliant series of portraits * Observer *
Fascinating ... Written with great elegance and shrewd understanding -- William Boyd * Guardian Books of the Year *
Illuminating, humane and beautiful * Independent *
Ingenious and intriguing * Guardian *
Brian Dillon is a superbly careful writer. ... [This book] will delight, move and horrify any of the millions of us who, like the late Spike Milligan, have at one time or another contemplated having "I told you I was ill" inscribed on our gravestones. -- Sam Leith * Daily Mail *
A mini-masterpiece -- Louise Carpenter * Observer *
Excellent * Sunday Times *
Strangely delightful ... Dillon's book is constantly intelligent * Scotland on Sunday *
You don't need to be a hypochondriac to enjoy this series of discursive, insightful essays that are full of quirky details and fascinating anecdotes * Mail on Sunday *
Illuminating -- Philip Hoare * Sunday Telegraph *
Eloquent and incisive -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
Dillon's mind is as interesting as those of the people he writes about ... bizarrely unputdownable -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
A brilliant series of portraits * Observer *
Fascinating ... Written with great elegance and shrewd understanding -- William Boyd * Guardian Books of the Year *
Illuminating, humane and beautiful * Independent *
Ingenious and intriguing * Guardian *
Brian Dillon is a superbly careful writer. ... [This book] will delight, move and horrify any of the millions of us who, like the late Spike Milligan, have at one time or another contemplated having "I told you I was ill" inscribed on our gravestones. -- Sam Leith * Daily Mail *
A mini-masterpiece -- Louise Carpenter * Observer *
Excellent * Sunday Times *
Strangely delightful ... Dillon's book is constantly intelligent * Scotland on Sunday *
You don't need to be a hypochondriac to enjoy this series of discursive, insightful essays that are full of quirky details and fascinating anecdotes * Mail on Sunday *
Illuminating -- Philip Hoare * Sunday Telegraph *
Eloquent and incisive -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
Dillon's mind is as interesting as those of the people he writes about ... bizarrely unputdownable -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
Brian Dillon was born in Dublin in 1969. He writes on the arts, books and culture for a number of publications. His first book, In the Dark Room, won the Irish Book Award for Non-fiction in 2006. He lives in Canterbury.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141044057 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141044055 |
| Title | Tormented Hope |
| Author | Brian Dillon |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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