| The House of God Contributor(s): Shem, Samuel (Author), Updike, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0425238091 ISBN-13: 9780425238097 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Medical - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010024494 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.55" W x 8.16" (0.72 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |