Writing
Watt's autobiographical book, Patient (Penguin, 1996), describes his rare life-threatening auto-immune disease (Churg-Strauss syndrome). Watt's website states that it was listed as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Sunday Times Book Of The Year, Village Voice Literary Supplement Favorite Book of the Year, and was a finalist for the Esquire-Waterstones (UK) Best Non-Fiction Award.
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