Under the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher Nolan

About this book

Deprived of oxygen for two hours at birth Christopher Nolan almost died but he lived to write at age twenty-one this autobiography told as the story of one Joseph Meehan. Nolans birth injuries left him quadriplegic and completely unable to communicate so for years no one suspected that his mind though imprisoned in an inert body was burning to express his innermost thoughts and ideas to not only his family but the world. Whether he is fighting with the authorities for the right to go to an ordinary school or going on a "normal" vacation for the first time Nolans story has a touching often breathtaking intensity. Nolan recounts his ultimate triumph of finally being able to share with others the insight and whimsy of his inner world unlocking the inventive wordsmith and gifted storyteller within. The result is astonishingly lyrical filled with powerful description touching moments of triumph sadness and anger and above all disarming wit.