The Premonitions Bureau

A True Account of Death Foretold

Author  Sam Knight
The Premonitions Bureau

“This is rich, florid, funny history, with undertones of human grief . . . Knight is shrewd and perceptive . . . [he] pushes his material into neurobiology, into the nature of placebos and expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies . . . Knight’s book is crisp.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times

"[E]legant and eccentric . . . [Knight's] prose glides like mercury and he does not waste a word. With deft skill, he explores historical theories of perception, time, death, fear."
New York Times Book Review

"[A] thought-provoking and deeply researched book . . . Knight probes the space between coincidence and the ineffable mystery of supernatural possibilities."
NPR Books
 
"[Knight's] prose delights."
Wall Street Journal

“Stunning… An enveloping, unsettling book, gorgeously…

$37.00
May 3, 2022
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