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Sat 08 Aug 2009The body never lies
CULTURAL THEORY:Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac LivesBy Brian Dillon Penguin Ireland, 277pp. £18.99
WHEN BRIAN DILLON was a child, his mother’s skin began to harden. Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis was diagnosed. Her oesophagus became like a solid glass tube; her intestines stopped working; her saliva glands packed up: Mrs Dillon’s specialist described her scleroderma as the worst he’d ever seen.
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