The House of God by Shem, Samuel

The House of God (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780425238097)

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The House of God by Shem, Samuel

The House of God

$21.00
The House of God by Shem, Samuel

The House of God

$21.00
Format: Paperback
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By turns heartbreaking, hilarious, and utterly human, The House of God is a mesmerizing and provocative novel about what it really takes to become a doctor.

"The raunchy, troubling, and hilarious novel that turned into a cult phenomenon. Singularly compelling...brutally honest."--The New York Times

Struggling with grueling hours and sudden life-and-death responsibilities, Basch and his colleagues, under the leadership of their rule-breaking senior resident known only as the Fat Man, must learn not only how to be fine doctors but, eventually, good human beings.

A phenomenon ever since it was published, The House of God was the first unvarnished, unglorified, and uncensored portrait of what training to become a doctor is truly like, in all its terror, exhaustion and black comedy. With more than two million copies sold worldwide, it has been hailed as one of the most important medical novels ever written.

With an introduction by John Updike

Author: Samuel Shem
ISBN-10: 0425238091
ISBN-13: 9780425238097
Publisher: Berkley Books
Language: English
Published: 09/07/2010
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.55w x 1.04d
By Samuel Shem
By Samuel Shem
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Samuel Shem is a novelist, playwright, and, for three decades, a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty. His novels include The House of God, Mount Misery, and Fine. He is coauthor with his wife, Janet Surrey, of the hit Off-Broadway play Bill W. and Dr. Bob, the story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous (winner of the 2007 Performing Arts Award of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence), and We Have to Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Men and Women.

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