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The Broken Boy
Patrick Cockburn
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Description for The Broken Boy
Paperback. Patrick Cockburn's parents had returned to Ireland, unaware of the fact that a polio epidemic had broken out in Cork City. At six, Patrick caught the disease. This is a memoir of Patrick Cockburn's own experience of polio, a portrait of his parents, and the story of the Cork epidemic, a great polio epidemic in the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks. Small stain to bottom page edge, remains very good
It is very easy to get polio. Patrick Cockburn was six when he woke up one day in the summer of 1956 with a headache and a sore throat. His parents, Claud and Patricia Cockburn, had recently returned to Ireland, to their house in East Cork, careless of the fact that a polio epidemic had broken out in Cork City. He caught the disease and was taken to the fever hospital. The virus attacks the nerves of the brain and the spinal cord leading to paralysis of the muscles. Patrick could no longer walk. The Broken ... Read more
It is very easy to get polio. Patrick Cockburn was six when he woke up one day in the summer of 1956 with a headache and a sore throat. His parents, Claud and Patricia Cockburn, had recently returned to Ireland, to their house in East Cork, careless of the fact that a polio epidemic had broken out in Cork City. He caught the disease and was taken to the fever hospital. The virus attacks the nerves of the brain and the spinal cord leading to paralysis of the muscles. Patrick could no longer walk. The Broken ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099459231
SKU
KCW0014776
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn writes on foreign affairs for the Independent. His other books include Getting Russia Wrong and Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein.
Reviews for The Broken Boy
Charming, interesting and moving by turn
Anthony Daniels
Sunday Telegraph
Engrossing... an often perceptive genre-defying gem...engaging and entertaining
Tom Adair
Scotland on Sunday
This is wonderful writing...Brilliant...Cockburn has pulled off something remarkable
Observer
The best journalist's autobiography to appear for years... This is a story of ... Read more
Anthony Daniels
Sunday Telegraph
Engrossing... an often perceptive genre-defying gem...engaging and entertaining
Tom Adair
Scotland on Sunday
This is wonderful writing...Brilliant...Cockburn has pulled off something remarkable
Observer
The best journalist's autobiography to appear for years... This is a story of ... Read more