Undoctored: The brand new No 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of 'This is Going to Hurt' by Adam Kay

Hilarious and heart-breaking stories from a life on and off the wards by Adam Kay, multi-million copy bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt

Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century. It has been read by millions, translated into 37 languages, and adapted into a major BBC television series. But that was only part of the story.

Now, Adam Kay returns and will once again have you in stitches in his painfully funny and startlingly powerful follow-up, Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran out of Patients. In his most honest and incisive book yet, he reflects on what's happened since hanging up his scrubs and examines a life inextricably bound up with medicine. Battered and bruised from his time on the NHS frontline, Kay looks back, moves forwards and opens up some old wounds.

Hilarious and heartbreaking, horrifying and humbling, Undoctored is the astonishing portrait of a life by one of Britain's best-loved storytellers.

Review

Brilliant - even better than This is Going to Hurt ― Jacqueline Wilson

Very funny, very moving - Adam Kay has done it again, the talented c***. PS Sorry for swearing in this quote ― Charlie Brooker

Adam Kay is at the top of his game here. Even his footnotes are funnier than most comedians' best gags. But there is darkness here, too, and he handles it so well I had to lay the book aside until my heart was ready for the rest. ― Ian Rankin

From the Back Cover

This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, loved by at least fifty of them, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story.

By turns hilarious, heartbreaking and humbling, Undoctored is about what happens when a doctor hangs up his scrubs, but medicine refuses to let go of him.

It's about an extraordinary medical school education.

It's about opening old wounds and examining the present-day scars.

It's about hospital admissions and personal ones.

It's about blowing up your life and stitching it back together.

It's about being a doctor and being a patient.

It's about 300 pages long.

Undoctored is Adam Kay's funniest and most moving book yet - an astonishing portrait of a life in and out of medicine, from one of Britain's finest storytellers.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Trapeze; 1st edition (15 Sept. 2022)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 139870038X

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1398700383

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 23.4 x 2.3 x 15.2 cm

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