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The House of God

The House of God - Paperback

by Samuel Shem
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Availability:In StockContributor:Samuel Shem, John Updike (Introduction by)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:2010-09-07Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berkley BooksISBN-13:9780425238097ISBN-10:425238091UPC:9780425238097Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Medical, Humorous, LiteraryBook Topic:Black HumorSize:8.16 x 5.55 x 1.04 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCVR1VPRV4
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
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berkley BooksISBN-13:9780425238097ISBN-10:425238091UPC:9780425238097Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Medical, Humorous, LiteraryBook Topic:Black HumorSize:8.16 x 5.55 x 1.04 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCVR1VPRV4
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.
Publisher: Berkley Books

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Samuel Shem, John Updike (Introduction by)

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Samuel Shem

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