Nobody is like Sacks... The seven "cases" in this book are as vivid and poignant as most successful fictional characters... With his unique, judicious innocence and the extraordinary curiosity of his writing, Sacks reminds us how precious our lives are - Sunday Times
Sacks great gift is his capacity to place himself in the position of his subjects, to see the world the way they see it and to empathize with their condition with great compassion but without patronage or pity Sacks describes his cast in prose that is unusually limpid and moving, thus putting to shame most contemporary novelists - Daily Telegraph
Professor Sacks is masterly in his understanding of the effect of a disease upon a man's life, and of a man's life upon his disease .. This book, simultaneously elegant and vigorous, restores one's faith in medicine as the most humane of activities - Spectator
His writing is unique, suffused with profound compassion and curiosity. Reading him makes the world seem a bigger place and a better one - Tatler
Wonderfully illuminating - Guardian