A Body of Essays: Philip Kerr - Breaking Brain

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In an ongoing collaboration with BBC Radio 3, Wellcome Collection's Reading Room is the setting for a series of 'The Essay' devoted to the bodily organs. 'Body of Essays' invites five writers to ruminate on a different organ of the body. This strange proposition has a mysterious allure: the organs are hidden, buried from view, and yet are at the very core of our physical functioning as well as our mental and emotional world. Suctioned together in dark flesh, the organs can be all the more puzzling and intriguing. New York Times best selling author Philip Kerr is the creator of Bernie Gunther, an unflinching private eye. Philip immerses himself in the real world to inform what he puts on the page whether fiction or fact - in this essay we accompany him into a brain surgery operating room. The complete list of essayists: Monday William Fiennes, author, writes about the bowel. Tuesday Chibundu Onuzo, young author, writes about the thyroid Wednesday Philip Kerr, crime author, writes about the brain Thursday Annie Freud, poet and visual artist, writes about the kidneys. Friday Thomas Lynch, poet-undertaker, writes about the uterus.