{"product_id":"2026100012338-secondhand-doctor-at-large","title":"Doctor At Large","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: fep clipped; dj clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh out of medical school and brimming with misplaced confidence, young Dr. Simon Sparrow is unleashed upon an unsuspecting world in Doctor at Large, Richard Gordon's riotously funny sequel to the beloved Doctor in the House. The novel chronicles Sparrow's hapless attempts to establish himself in the medical profession, lurching from one disastrous locum position to the next, encountering a magnificent cavalcade of eccentric senior physicians, demanding patients, and bureaucratic absurdities that conspire to derail his every ambition.\n\nGordon — himself a former surgeon and anaesthetist — writes with the sharp, insider wit of a man who lived every indignity he satirises, lending the comedy an authenticity that elevates it far beyond mere farce. Doctor at Large sits at the heart of a golden era of British comic writing, drawing comparisons to the gentle yet razor-edged social observation of P.G. Wodehouse, skewering the pomposity of the medical establishment with surgical precision. For readers who believe they have finally found their footing in life, Sparrow's gloriously chaotic journey serves as a delightful reminder that the world has other plans entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022675476699,"sku":"2026100012338-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1405d537-bf48-4edc-b939-4dcd703eccd3.png?v=1793665503","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012338-secondhand-doctor-at-large","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}