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The House of God

The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know.

Six eager interns — they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school class to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a year in the time-honored tradition, racing to answer the flash of on-duty call lights and nubile nurses.

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But only the Fat Man — the Clam, all-knowing resident — could sustain them in their struggle to survive, to stay sane, to love and even to be doctors when their harrowing year was done.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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