The House of God
by Samuel Shem
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0425238091
- ISBN 13
- 9780425238097
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About This Item
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
"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
Synopsis
The House of God is a satirical novel by Samuel Shem, published in 1978. It portrays the psychological harm done to medical interns during the course of medical internship in the early 1970's.
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- Bookseller
- Janson Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 316162462
- Title
- The House of God
- Author
- Samuel Shem
- Format/Binding
- New
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0425238091
- ISBN 13
- 9780425238097
- Publisher
- Berkley Trade
- Place of Publication
- Ny Usa
- Date Published
- 2010-09-07
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Janson Books
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