The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble, and entirely lovable.

Amazing.' - Mark Haddon, bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 'So clinically funny and politically important that it should be given out on prescription.' - The Guardian It's so irreverent, both about himself, the patients, the doctors in charge of him, that I think I laughed on every page.' - Kristan Higgins, Entertainment Weekly

'Hilarious and heartbreaking.I howled, yelped, and occasionally choked with laughter.This book may hurt, but in an important and necessary way.' - Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times (London), “Humour Book of the Year” heartbreaking.' - Sam Knight, The New Yorker I’ll suddenly wake up and not know where I am or what I have to do. Hilarious, horrifying, and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know-and more than a few things you didn't-about life on and off the hospital ward. My life is starting to feel like an episode of Quantum Leap. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights, and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. The acclaimed multimillion-copy bestseller, This Is Going to Hurt is Adam Kay's equally 'blisteringly funny' ( Boston Globe) and 'heartbreaking' ( New Yorker) secret diaries of his years as a young doctor. About the Book 'The acclaimed multi-million copy bestseller'-Cover.

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