The book contains 12 chapters: three chapters on neurophysiology and clinical measurement, five chapters on neuropharmacology, one chapter on the sitting position in anaesthesia, and three chapters relating to neurointensive care.
He wrote the draft of one chapter during a single flight, from Seattle to D.C., after a meeting with Bill Gates.
Burnett served in the British Army during the Falklands War, one chapter in a creation myth that also includes stints in Los Angeles as a nanny, an insurance salesman, and a T-shirt vender.
The novelist fended off lies about his finances, threats to his life, and attacks on the supposed depravity of his books: "In Praise of the Stepmother" was read, one chapter per day, during prime time on government-run television.
No separate themes distinguish one chapter from the next -- Chapter 2, "Stonewalling"; Chapter 3, "Obsessive Secrecy"; Chapter 4, "Secret Government".
Only one chapter of that novel survives.
One chapter has games at its heart.
