Great Lives - Suzanne O'Sullivan on Oliver Sacks
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Matthew Parris meets Suzanne O'Sullivan to discuss her medical and literary hero, Oliver Sacks.
She first came across his work on a beach in Thailand, reading his famous collection of case studies, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Joining the discussion is Sacks' partner, the writer and photographer Bill Hayes. Together they discuss the career of a gifted medic and writer who also loved motorbikes and wild swimming. Sacks wrote another extraordinary book, Awakenings, which was made into a film starring Robin Williams and Robert de Niro.
Suzanne O'Sullivan is an Irish neurologist and award winning author.
Producer: Chris Ledgard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
Published on Tuesday, 8th January 2019.
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