Richard Gordon s acceptance into St Swithan s medical school came as no surprise to anyone, least of all him after all, he had been to public school, played first XV rugby, and his father was, let s face it, a St Swithan s man . Surely he was set for life. It was rather a shock then to discover that, once there, he would actually have to work, and quite hard. Fortunately for Richard Gordon, life proved not to be all dissection and textbooks after all! This hilarious hospital comedy is perfect reading for anyone who s ever wondered exactly what medical students get up to in their training. Just don t read it on your way to the doctor s!"
Richard L. Gordon Libri
Richard Gordon, pseudonimo di un chirurgo e anestesista inglese, ottenne fama per una serie di romanzi comici incentrati sulla pratica medica. Le sue prime opere, ambientate in un fittizio ospedale universitario di Londra, erano caratterizzate da arguzia e da un'apparente visione autobiografica del mondo medico. I romanzi successivi incorporarono maggiori allusioni sessuali e farsa, contribuendo alla loro grande popolarità. Oltre alle sue narrative di finzione, Gordon fu anche autore di accessibili storie della medicina e di altri argomenti vari, stabilendo una diversificata eredità letteraria.

