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Bodies
Jed Mercurio
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Description for Bodies
Paperback. Inside every hospital there exists a world no outsider has been allowed to see, not even those who arrive there to begin careers in medicine. Into this plunges an idealistic young doctor who is about to lose all innocence in a world that long ago lost its sense of right or wrong. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
A darkly powerful and blackly funny exposé of the horrors of life as a junior doctor, from the BAFTA award-winning creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty and co-creator of the graphic novel Sleeper
'Funny, readable, galling, painful and terrifying in all the right places' Guardian
Inside every hospital exists a world no outsider is allowed to see: a storm of malpractice, corruption, sex, drink and drop-dead exhaustion.
But for first day junior doctors, their initiation into this world - the 'Killing Season' - is about to begin.
A whistle-blowing despatch ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099422839
SKU
V9780099422839
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-61
About Jed Mercurio
Jed Mercurio trained at the University of Birmingham Medical School and practised as a junior doctor before becoming a full-time writer in 1994. As a writer, producer and director his TV credits include the highly successful shows Cardiac Arrest, Bodies, Line of Duty and Bodyguard, as well as adaptions of Frankenstein and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. He has been described by ... Read more
Reviews for Bodies
Deeply likeable and entertaining - funny, galling, painful and terrifying in all the right places - I couldn't put it down
Guardian
Gritty, realistic and funny
Daily Mail
Reading Bodies is a physical experience. The malignant humour is relentless
Daily Telegraph
Buy it. Borrow it. Read it
Hospital Doctor
A cracking novel ... Read more
Guardian
Gritty, realistic and funny
Daily Mail
Reading Bodies is a physical experience. The malignant humour is relentless
Daily Telegraph
Buy it. Borrow it. Read it
Hospital Doctor
A cracking novel ... Read more