Confessions of the ultimate hypochondriac

Bits of Me Are Falling Apart. By William Leith, Bloomsbury, €14.85

Bits of Me Are Falling Apart. By William Leith, Bloomsbury, €14.85

We are all doomed. Or, at least, those of us unfortunate enough to be born male now know how doomed we are.

After 202 pages of Bits Of Me Are Falling Apart, a day in the life, body and head of William Leith, we’re certainly suffering: there are twinges in places we never knew we had feelings, a freshly dark pessimism about ...