Tormented Hope. Nine Hypochondriac Lives, Paperback/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. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Author(s): Brian Dillon Number of pages: 304 Publication date: 2010 Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 Cover type: Paperback / softback