The House of God

Introduction by John Updike
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On sale Sep 07, 2010 | 432 Pages | 9780425238097

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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 Times


Struggling 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 
© Janet Surrey
Samuel Shem is a novelist, playwright, activist, Professor in Medical Humanities at NYU School of Medicine, and Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome. His novels include The House of God, FineMount Misery, In the Heart of the Universe, and The Spirit of the Place (winner of two national "Best Literary Novel" Awards). He is coauthor with his wife, Janet Surrey, of the award-winning Off-Broadway play Bill W. and Dr. Bob, about the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous,The Buddha's Wife and We Have to Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Men and Women. View titles by Samuel Shem

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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 Times


Struggling 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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© Janet Surrey
Samuel Shem is a novelist, playwright, activist, Professor in Medical Humanities at NYU School of Medicine, and Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome. His novels include The House of God, FineMount Misery, In the Heart of the Universe, and The Spirit of the Place (winner of two national "Best Literary Novel" Awards). He is coauthor with his wife, Janet Surrey, of the award-winning Off-Broadway play Bill W. and Dr. Bob, about the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous,The Buddha's Wife and We Have to Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Men and Women. View titles by Samuel Shem

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