So began his long round of hospitals mainly in the company of old dying menwhile doctors tried to diagnose his condition. This period of his life duringwhich he... » 

So began his long round of hospitals mainly in the company of old dying menwhile doctors tried to diagnose his condition. This period of his life duringwhich he was a constant witness to death culminating in brain surgery at theage of 10 by which time he had become permanently disabled. This title is thetrue story of a survivor told with a lack of bitterness for one so shockinglyand shamefully treated. In Paddy Doyles own words It is about societysabdication of responsibility to a child. The fact that I was that child andthat the book is about my life is largely irrelevant. The probability is thatthere were and still are thousands of mes. «