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Prof. Lees issues the disclaimer: “Too much is omitted and forgotten and too much imagined for this to be a memoir. I prefer to call it a fantasia.” in the preface to his idiosyncratic contribution to the ‘old doctor looks back’ series that we have seen recently enhanced by Henry Marsh and the final instalment to the late Ol iver Sacks’ canon (the latter popping up posthumously here as a friend of Lees). This is a lyrical statement that simultaneously conjures up an ethereal tone and provides a pre-emptive defence to criticisms of skipping over the more contentious or sexy bits that sell so many memoirs.
Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Book review Source Type: research