The House of God
Books | Fiction / Medical
3.8
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Samuel Shem
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 TimesStruggling 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
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Author
Samuel Shem
Pages
400
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2010-09-07
ISBN
1101460881 9781101460887
Ratings
Google: 4
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"DNF @41%<br/><br/>I cannot do it. I cant. This book is disgusting. Like I can tolerate a lot of gross in the name of something amazing but…this book is not about medicine. It’s about sex, and women that have no purpose other than to act as sex objects. Not to mention the gross way the author describes everything…I don’t want to hear about women “with the face of an eight year old” being described in the way they are. In the end, the “message” that’s trying to be sent about medicine isn’t worth the rest of the grossness."
Hannah
"This book was written in the 70's. It's still relevant today. Medical students, interns and residents will find this book hilarious. The rest of us will laugh nervously, because it's scary what happens in teaching hospitals."
Kim Lewis
"This was just so silly at times I felt irritated beyond belief. It also was extremely dated so very racist and disgusting with how women were both portrayed and treated. The sexual scenes were downright disgusting. I only finished it because I made the mistake of purchasing it otherwise I would have DNF’d it. "
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