The Death Committee [Paperback]

Noah Gordon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2001

At Suffolk County General Hospital, three brilliant young men are brought together by their ambition and passionate dedication to life. But they work in the shadow of the Death Committee, a formidable hospital tribunal where doctors sit in judgment of their peers, deciding who is to blame when a death could have been prevented. During an unforgettable year of love and fear, failure and victory, the young doctors must face the crucial dramas and triumphs of hospital life.

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At Suffolk County General Hospital, three brilliant young men are brought together by their ambition and passionate dedication to life. But they work in the shadow of the Death Committee, a formidable hospital tribunal where doctors sit in judgment of their peers, deciding who is to blame when a death could have been prevented. During an unforgettable year of love and fear, failure and victory, the young doctors must face the crucial dramas and triumphs of hospital life. Noah Gordon has won many awards, including the James Fenimore Cooper Prize; among his books are The Physician, Shaman, The Jerusalem Diamond, The Rabbi, The Last Jew, and Choices.

About the Author

Noah Gordon has won many awards, including the James Fenimore Cooper Prize; among his books are The Physician, Shaman, The Jerusalem Diamond, The Rabbi, The Last Jew, and Choices.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075150792X
• ISBN-13: 978-0751507928
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #501,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Start, June 20, 2000

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Charles Andrews (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Committee (Mass Market Paperback)

An early work of Gordon, it reflects on his fascination with the world of Medicine. Unlike his best work in The Physician and Shaman, Death Committee searches out modern cutting edge medicine. At times he seems in awe of the mortals who struggle to solve the puzzle of transplantation. He does an accurate job for 1969 when the book was published.

I expected more incite to the characters. Having read his wonderful later works first, my expectations were high. Trying to put this in perspective as a second novel, it showcases Gordon's development as a character writer.

It is a clever quick read and highly recommended for those who like Gordon's later works, but I would read the later works first.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read, January 18, 2003

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D. B. Ruderman "dbmires" (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Death Committee (Paperback)

I have never read any of Noah Gordon's other works, so I can only rate this as a stand-alone piece. Most of what I enjoyed was how medicine has changed since the book was published in 1969 - anybody with so much as a mild fascination in medicine (or a love of ER or other similar television dramas) would probably find it enjoyable, if not entirely up to date. The whole book has a warm, fuzzy feeling, and I was left quite content and pleased with the world by its end. I give it four stars not for the great prose or character development, but because it kept me reading for hours on end, curious to find out what happened to the characters. A made-for-TV novel, if you will.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A BOOK TO EVERYONE THAT LOVES MEDICINE..., September 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Death Committee (Mass Market Paperback)

Mr. Noah Gordon is my prefered author... I have readed all of his books...and this is another masterpiece that came out of his mind... It talks about the history os three doctors and their lifes inside a Hospital... A sensible book, once you start you can't stop... A MUST READ !!!