Man who couldn't stop : OCD and the true story of a life lost in thought
(2016, original release: 2014)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
616.85227/ADAM,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016
©2014
©2014
EDITION
First Picador edition
DESCRIPTION
324 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250083180, 1250083184 :, 1250083184, 9781250083180
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Originally published in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso
David Adam, an editor at Nature and an accomplished science writer, has suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. In this riveting and intimate blend of science, history, and memoir, Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains how they drive millions of us toward obsession and compulsion
"A Sarah Crichton book."