The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery - Paperback
by D. T. Max
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812972528ISBN-10:081297252XUPC:9780812972528Book Category:MedicalBook Subcategory:Neurology, Diseases, HistorySize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCB4TN5FEB
The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery
For two hundred years a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, a primitive tribe is nearly obliterated by a sickness whose chief symptom is uncontrollable laughter. Across Europe, millions of sheep rub their fleeces...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812972528ISBN-10:081297252XUPC:9780812972528Book Category:MedicalBook Subcategory:Neurology, Diseases, HistorySize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCB4TN5FEB
D. T. Max was born and raised in New York City and graduated from Harvard in 1984. He has been an editor at Washington Square Press, Houghton Mifflin, and The New York Observer. For the past eight years, he has reported mostly for The New York Times Magazine. His work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and Chicago Tribune. He lives...
Publisher: Random House Trade
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