From the Book - First edition.
Part I: Getting to know him / 1. Going for a row
2. Early childhood, a harrowing exile, cruel Judaism, homosexuality, and a mother's curse
3. Conversations with Bob Rodman and Thom Gunn in California
4. A visit to the American Museum of Natural History in New York and lunch at a Japanese restaurant
5. Oliver's cousins Abba Eban and Carmel Ross
6. From California to New York (1962-1967)
7. The migraine clinic (1966-1968)
8. The Awakenings drama (1968-1976)
9. On rounds with Oliver at Beth Abraham
11. A visit with Oliver to London, including conversations wtih Eric Korn, Joanthan Miller, and Colin Haycraft
12. On rounds with Oliver at the little sisters and Bronx State
Part II: How he was (the massing months) / 15. The blockage begins to break (1982-1983)
16. The leg book shambles toward publication as Oliver hazards a neurology of the soul (the first half of 1984)
17. The publication, at long last, of the leg book; its reception; Sancho launches into his profile and is stopped (the second half of 1984)
Part III: Afterwards / 18. Dear friends (1985-2005)
19. A digression on the question of reliability and the nature of romantic science
20. His own life (2005-2015)