When I was just forty-two I suffered a severe stroke. Paralysed on my left side and unable to walk, I was confined to hospital for three months, then spent about a year recovering, slowly getting myself back into the world.
When I was seriously ill in hospital, I longed to read a book that would tell me that I might expect in convalescence and also give me something to think about...
Robert McCrum is literary editor of the Observer and was formerly an editor at Faber & Faber. He writes regular reviews and is the author of the critically acclaimed PG Wodehouse: A Life.
ISBN:
9780330457118
Binding:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
29/04/2008
Category:
Biog: Literary
Imprint:
Picador
Pages:
256 page/s
Stock:
To order
Price:
$20.99 AUD