| Author | Oliver Sacks |
| Series | Hawthornden Prize winners |
| Cover photo | Thomi Wroblewski |
| Copyright Holder | Katherine Jones, The Hogarth Press Ltd, Basic Books, Inc., Laurence Pollinger Ltd., The Estate of Frieda Lawrence, William Heinemann Limited, The Viking Press, Inc., Basil Blackwell & Mott Ltd, Macmillan Company, Royal Economic Society, Macmillan, London and Basingstoke, Ltd, St. Martin's Press, Inc., Faber & Faber Ltd, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., Oliver Sacks |
| First Published by | Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd. |
| Imprint | Picador |
| Publisher | Pan Books Ltd |
| Printed by | Collins |
| Typeset by | Parker Typesetting Service |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | London, UK |
| Revised Edition | 1982 |
| Copyright | 1973 |
| Copyright | 1976 |
| Copyright | 1982 |
| Pages / Font | 336 pages |
| Price | UK £3.95 |
| ISBN | 0 330 26924 0 |
