In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century” …
Review of 'The man who mistook his wife for a hat' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
This, I think, is the book that made Sacks famous and that led to the filming of his earlier novel Awakenings.
It's a fascinating and touching collection of short anecdotes about patients with rare neurological problems. His solutions are often as impressive as the syndromes themselves, and one finds oneself wishing to have an equally sympathetic doctor if the need should ever arise...