In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison-who suffered from severe epilepsy-received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain. The Washington Post - New York Post - NPR - The Economist - New York - Wired - Kirkus Reviews - BookPage NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Wilson Literary Science Writing Award - Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a story that has much to teach us about our relentless pursuit of knowledge. "Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King"* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M.
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