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The Family That Couldn't Sleep: Unravelling A Venetian Medical Mystery
Max, D.T., MA (Harvard) (New Yorker)
Fatal Familial Insomnia is a rare, inherited disease that has afflicted one noble Venetian family for centuries like a deadly dynastic curse. The cause? A rogue protein called a prion. D. T. Max pins down this most mutable and maddening of enemies and tells a story that is at once enlightening and spell-binding.
336 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 1, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9781846270901 |
| Publishers | Granta Books |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 132 × 196 × 25 mm · 318 g |
