The Family That Couldn't Sleep

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About this book

Explores prions, enigmatic brain proteins, and their influence on human life, examining the case of an Italian family victimized for two centuries by a fatal familial insomnia, and the links between prions and various brain maladies.

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3.9/5 · 6665 readers · 299 pages · ≈ 5 h 32 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read The Family That Couldn't Sleep?

About ≈ 5 h 32 m — 299 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Family That Couldn't Sleep~5 h 32 m

How many pages is The Family That Couldn't Sleep?

299 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Family That Couldn't Sleep299

Is The Family That Couldn't Sleep in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote The Family That Couldn't Sleep?

D. T. Max.