Oliver Sack, 'the poet laureate of medicine' (New York Times) illuminated the mysteries of the brain for a wide audience in a series of richly acclaimed books, including Awakenings (Picador, 2012) and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador, 2015), and articles in The New Yorker. In this collection of interviews, Sacks is at his most candid and disarming, rich with insights about his life and work. Any reader of Oliver Sacks will find in this book an entirely new way of looking at a brilliant writer.
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Oliver Sack, 'the poet laureate of medicine' (New York Times) illuminated the mysteries of the brain for a wide audience in a series of richly acclaimed books, including Awakenings (Picador, 2012) and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador, 2015), and articles in The New Yorker. In this collection of interviews, Sacks is at his most candid and disarming, rich with insights about his life and work. Any reader of Oliver Sacks will find in this book an entirely new way of looking at a brilliant writer.