About the Author

Christopher Nolan, who was deprived of oxygen for two hours at birth, was mute and paralyzed. His memoir, Under the Eye of the Clock, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1987. He died in 2009 in Dublin at the age of forty-thre

Reviews

Funny, observant, astringent and fierce.

Linguistic virtuosity that, at its best, is heady and acrobatic.

Nolan's modesty and charm comes across well on the printed page, as do his wit and humor.