{"product_id":"the-house-of-god-paperback","title":"The House of God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel Shem\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Updike\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy turns heartbreaking, hilarious, and utterly human, \u003ci\u003eThe House of God\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmerizing and provocative novel about what it really takes to become a doctor. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The raunchy, troubling, and hilarious novel that turned into a cult phenomenon. Singularly compelling...brutally honest.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStruggling 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA phenomenon ever since it was published, \u003ci\u003eThe House of God\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by John Updike \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a classic! The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns -- they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school class to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a year in the time-honored tradition, racing to answer the flash of on-duty call lights and nubile nurses. But only the Fat Man --the Clam, all-knowing resident -- could sustain them in their struggle to survive, to stay sane, to love-and even to be doctors when their harrowing year was done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Shem\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, playwright, and, for three decades, a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe House of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMount Misery\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFine\u003c\/i\u003e. He is coauthor with his wife, Janet Surrey, of the hit Off-Broadway play \u003ci\u003eBill W. and Dr. Bob\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous (winner of the 2007 Performing Arts Award of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence), and \u003ci\u003eWe Have to Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Men and Women\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 8.16 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52013923762477,"sku":"9780425238097","price":24.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-house-of-god-paperback-8388147.webp?v=1777443012","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-house-of-god-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}