A lively collection of literary facts, excerpts, quotations, and quips for the chronic insomniac features words of wisdom on sleeplessness from Rudyard Kipling, Fran Liebowitz, Job, and Marcel Proust; fascinating trivia about famous insomniacs, a tongue-in-cheek guide to sleeping aids; suggestions of things to do if one cannot sleep; and more. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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Deborah Bishop lives in San Francisco and writes for Time Out, Chronicle Books, Virgin Publishing, and The San Francisco Bay Guardian, among others. She shares a bed with her husband, Michael, and cat, Stella.
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