Doctor In The Swim
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the comic genius behind Doctor in the House comes another riotously funny chapter in the misadventures of the medical profession — Doctor in the Swim plunges the hapless Dr. Richard Grimsdyke into the sparkling, treacherous waters of London's swinging social scene, where cocktail parties, romantic entanglements, and professional embarrassments conspire to make his life a gloriously chaotic spectacle. Gordon chronicles Grimsdyke's desperate attempts to stay afloat — financially, romantically, and professionally — as he navigates a world far more perilous than any hospital ward, populated by eccentric relatives, scheming socialites, and the ever-present threat of honest work. Richard Gordon, the pen name of surgeon-turned-author Gordon Ostlere, perfected the art of transforming the stuffy world of British medicine into a rich vein of warmly observed, razor-sharp comedy, and this instalment confirms his mastery of the genre. His prose is breezy yet precise, skewering class pretension and institutional pomposity with the deft touch of a man who lived it firsthand. Fans of P.G. Wodehouse and the broader tradition of British comic fiction will find in Grimsdyke a worthy successor to literature's great loveable bunglers — and will be left wondering just how deep the waters can get before our hero finally learns to swim.
Author: Richard Gordon
Format: Hardback
Genre: Humour
Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the comic genius behind Doctor in the House comes another riotously funny chapter in the misadventures of the medical profession — Doctor in the Swim plunges the hapless Dr. Richard Grimsdyke into the sparkling, treacherous waters of London's swinging social scene, where cocktail parties, romantic entanglements, and professional embarrassments conspire to make his life a gloriously chaotic spectacle. Gordon chronicles Grimsdyke's desperate attempts to stay afloat — financially, romantically, and professionally — as he navigates a world far more perilous than any hospital ward, populated by eccentric relatives, scheming socialites, and the ever-present threat of honest work. Richard Gordon, the pen name of surgeon-turned-author Gordon Ostlere, perfected the art of transforming the stuffy world of British medicine into a rich vein of warmly observed, razor-sharp comedy, and this instalment confirms his mastery of the genre. His prose is breezy yet precise, skewering class pretension and institutional pomposity with the deft touch of a man who lived it firsthand. Fans of P.G. Wodehouse and the broader tradition of British comic fiction will find in Grimsdyke a worthy successor to literature's great loveable bunglers — and will be left wondering just how deep the waters can get before our hero finally learns to swim.