This Is Going to Hurt
Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident
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By Adam Kay
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In the US edition of this international bestseller, Adam Kay channels Henry Marsh and David Sedaris to tell us the “darkly funny” (The New Yorker) — and sometimes horrifying — truth about life and work in a hospital.
Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine.
Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know — and more than a few things you didn’t — about life on and off the hospital ward. And yes, it may leave a scar.
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"Darkly funny... heartbreaking."The New Yorker
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"Hilarious and heartbreaking...I howled, yelped, and occasionally choked with laughter...This book may hurt, but in an important and necessary way."Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times (London)
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"This book is heartbreaking, hilarious and truly important. I believe in its humanity, its spirit and its conscience. The best doctor's visit you will ever have."Rose McGowan, actress, activist, and New York Times bestselling author of Brave
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"Brilliant. Five stars. Amazing."Mark Haddon, bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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"Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble, and entirely lovable."Stephen Fry, actor, comedian, and author of Mythos
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"Bloody funny."Minnie Driver, actress
- On Sale
- Sep 7, 2021
- Page Count
- 288 pages
- Publisher
- Little Brown Spark
- ISBN-13
- 9780316426749
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