{"product_id":"the-blood-of-strangers-true-stories-from-the-emergency-room-9781841155494","title":"The Blood of Strangers: True Stories from the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting and exquisitely-observed collection of medical vignettes that brilliantly captures the intense drama of the Emergency Room\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eReminiscent of Chekhov’s stories, The Blood of Strangers is a visceral portrayal of a physician’s encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room. In this collection of spare elegant stories, Dr Frank Huyler reveals a side of medicine – the intricacy of suturing a facial wound, the bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter – interwoven with the lives of the sick and injured. The author presents an array of fascinating characters, both patients and doctors – a neurosurgeon who practices witchcraft, a trauma surgeon who unexpectedly commits suicide, a wounded murderer, a man chased across the New Mexico desert by a heat-seaking missile. At times surreal, at times lyrical, at times brutal and terrifying, The Blood of Strangers is a deeply affecting first book from one of the most dramatic specialities of modern medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Unforgettable.’\u003cbr\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Set to become a classic.’\u003cbr\u003eIndependent\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A breathtakingly brilliant portrait, sketched so elegantly that if it were done in pencil it would only consist of a few sharp lines.’\u003cbr\u003eThe Times\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘One of the best writers to emerge since the death of Raymond Carver. He moves medicine out of the realm of science and into the domain of humanity.’\u003cbr\u003eRed\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘Dr Huyler’s short, intense book treats of only the most important matters: life and death. This is a young writer with a big mind – and an even bigger heart.’\u003cbr\u003ePaul Auster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘If Raymond Carver had been a doctor, these are the stories he would have written. There are no untarnished heroes here. This is the world as it is: lovely and disturbing all at once.’\u003cbr\u003eAtul Gawande, New Yorker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020696486231,"sku":"9781841155494","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841155494.jpg?v=1750784122","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-blood-of-strangers-true-stories-from-the-emergency-room-9781841155494","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}