Orwell's Cough: Diagnosing the Medical Maladies and Last Gasps of the Great Writers - Softcover

Ross, John

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9781780742250: Orwell's Cough: Diagnosing the Medical Maladies and Last Gasps of the Great Writers

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ISBN 10: 1780742258 ISBN 13: 9781780742250

Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2013

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John J Ross MD approaches the topic of writers and disease from a medical perspective, 'diagnosing the medical groans and last gasps of ten great writers': Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, the Bront�s, Hawthorne, Melville, Yeats, Jack London, James Joyce and Orwell.

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Review:

“Orwell's Cough is riveting medical detective work. John Ross offers a truly unique perspective on the literary giants, and he will make you profoundly thankful for modern medicine!”

(Alex Boese - bestselling author of Elephants on Acid and Electric Sheep)

“We always long to know writers better: more than just their words, we want to immerse ourselves in their lives, to really feel what they felt. Ross does that, plunging you in the day-to-day pains and struggles of some of the most celebrated names in the canon.”

(Sam Kean - author of The Disappearing Spoon)

“Infectious and original. You'll have trouble shaking it off.”

(Mark Crick - author of Kafka's Soup)

Review:

"Superb - One's prurient reading pleasure is elevated by Ross's clarity, his wit, his authority." Sebastian Faulks, The Spectator

"This is a book to which I shall return again and again - Witty and deeply humane." Raymond Tallis, Wall Street Journal

"A quietly enthralling book - It's a little like reading a literary version of the TV show House." Daily Mail

"A gripping medical detective book - Entertaining." Telegraph

"Fascinating, surprising and at times hilarious compilation." New Scientist

‘Beguiling [and] enthralling’ Daily Mail

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