{"product_id":"2026100012339-secondhand-doctor-at-sea","title":"Doctor At Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: repr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a landlubbing doctor trades the safe predictability of his surgery for the rolling, unpredictable expanse of the open ocean? Doctor at Sea is Richard Gordon's gloriously comic sequel to Doctor in the House, chronicling the misadventures of the hapless Dr. Richard Sparrow as he flees the pressures of general practice for a post as ship's surgeon aboard a cargo vessel — only to discover that life at sea presents its own uniquely baffling cast of patients, officers, and crises.\n\nGordon, a physician-turned-author, writes with the sharp wit and insider authority of someone who has lived the absurdity he portrays, producing comedy that is as medically astute as it is laugh-out-loud entertaining. The novel belongs to a grand tradition of British comic fiction, placing it comfortably alongside the works of P.G. Wodehouse and A.J. Cronin, yet carved entirely in Gordon's own irreverent voice. A satirical broadside aimed at professional pomposity, institutional hierarchy, and the eternal dignity of the bumbling Englishman abroad, it leaves the reader wondering just how any patient — on land or sea — ever survived their doctor at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022675411163,"sku":"2026100012339-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c4c9f23e-d22d-4082-8d8a-0e2d168cc083.png?v=1793665502","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012339-secondhand-doctor-at-sea","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}