Doctor At Large [Paperback]

Richard Gordon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001

Dr Richard Gordon's first job after qualifying takes him to St Swithan's where he is enrolled as Junior Casualty House Surgeon. However, some rather unfortunate incidents with Mr Justice Hopwood, as well as one of his patients inexplicably coughing up nuts and bolts, mean that promotion passes him by - and goes instead to Bingham, his odious rival. After a series of disastrous interviews, Gordon cuts his losses and visits a medical employment agency. To his disappointment, all the best jobs have already been snapped up, but he could always turn to general practice...

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About the Author

Richard Gordon is best-known for his hilarious 'Doctor' books and the long-running television series they inspired. Born in 1921, he qualified as a doctor and went on to work as an anaesthetist at the famous St Bartholomew's Hospital, before a spell as a ship's surgeon and then as assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. In 1952, before leaving medical practice in 1952 to take up writing full time and embarking upon the 'Doctor' series. Many of these are based on these experiences in the medical profession and are all told with the rye wit and candid humour that have become his hallmark. They have proved enduringly successful and have been adapted into both film and TV. His 'Great Medical Mysteries' and 'Great Medical Discoveries' concern the stranger aspects of the medical profession, whilst 'The Private Life' series takes a deeper look at individual figures within their specific medical and historical setting. Clearly an incredibly versatile writer, he will, however, always be best known for his comic tone coupled with remarkable powers of observation inherent in the hilarious 'Doctor' series. 'Mr Gordon is in his way the P G Wodehouse of the general hospitals' - The Daily Telegraph. 'I wish some more solemn novelists had half Mr Gordon's professional skills' - Julian Symonds, Sunday Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: House of Stratus (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842324934
• ISBN-13: 978-1842324936
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #561,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Doctor #03, January 14, 2012

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Paul Magnussen (Campbell, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor At Large (Paperback)

This, first published in 1955, is the third of Richard Gordon's "Doctor" books; and, while not quite as entertaining as the first one, is still well worth a read. It follows the protagonist through his efforts to get a decent job, qualify as a surgeon and resolve various romantic problems, updating us on the further activities of old friends such as Grimsdyke.

The edition I got hold of (Harcourt, Brace and Co.) appeared, somewhat irritatingly, to have been revised to replace UK terms with US ones ("petrol" with "gasoline", "lift" with "elevator", etc.), making the result neither British nor American but a sort of ghastly mid-Atlantic.

So try to get a British edition, other things being equal.