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A Life in Brain Surgery

Author: Henry Marsh  

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NHS frontline - gripping memoir from the brain surgeon and No.1 bestselling author of DO NO HARM. 'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH

NHS frontline - gripping memoir from the brain surgeon and No.1 bestselling author of DO NO HARM.'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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NHS frontline - gripping memoir from the brain surgeon and No.1 bestselling author of DO NO HARM. 'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH

NHS frontline - gripping memoir from the brain surgeon and No.1 bestselling author of DO NO HARM.'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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'Sensational' SUNDAY TIMES NO. BESTSELLER

'Extraordinary...both exhilarating and alarming...fascinating' DAILY MAIL

'Wonderful...a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit' FINANCIAL TIMES

Henry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human brain. In this searing and provocative memoir following his retirement from the NHS, he reflects on the experiences that have shaped his career and life, gaining a deeper understanding of what matters to us all in the end.

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“A truly extraordinary account. Henry Marsh's honesty and simple pragmatism underpin an amazing life of tantalising curiosity and contact with the most complex organ in the known universeSensational...Marsh is curmudgeonly, unflinching, clinical, competitive, often contemptuous and consistently curious. In Admissions he scrubs up just as well the second time around and continues to revel in his joyous candour- The Sunday Times Admissions is a humbling read, in which neurosurgeon Henry Marsh shares fascinating facts learnt during his 40-year career as a brain surgeon. He has a deep humanity that resonates throughout - Good Housekeeping”

A truly extraordinary account. Henry Marsh's honesty and simple pragmatism underpin an amazing life of tantalising curiosity and contact with the most complex organ in the known universe

Sensational...Marsh is curmudgeonly, unflinching, clinical, competitive, often contemptuous and consistently curious. In Admissions he scrubs up just as well the second time around and continues to revel in his joyous candour

- The Sunday Times

Admissions is a humbling read, in which neurosurgeon Henry Marsh shares fascinating facts learnt during his 40-year career as a brain surgeon. He has a deep humanity that resonates throughout - Good Housekeeping

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About the Author

Henry Marsh was one of Britain's foremost brain surgeons, and worked as Consultant Neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley's/St George's Hospital in London for thirty years. Since retiring from full-time work in the NHS, he has continued to operate and lecture abroad, in Nepal, Albania and Ukraine. His prize-winning memoir, DO NO HARM, was a SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. He has been the subject of two award-winning documentary films, YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS and THE ENGLISH SURGEON. He was made a CBE in 2010.

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'Sensational' SUNDAY TIMES NO. BESTSELLER 'Extraordinary...both exhilarating and alarming...fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'Wonderful...a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit' FINANCIAL TIMES Henry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human brain. In this searing and provocative memoir following his retirement from the NHS, he reflects on the experiences that have shaped his career and life, gaining a deeper understanding of what matters to us all in the end.

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Product Details

Publisher
Orion Publishing Co | Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published
17th May 2018
Pages
288
ISBN
9781474603874

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