A dark and original thriller - House on speed
Josh Bazell is a doctor and novelist. He has a BA in writing from Brown University and an MD from Columbia. He has worked as a screenwriter, and while in medical school investigated suspicious deaths for the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York. He is currently a resident at the University of California, San Francisco, and is writing his second novel.
Hold on to your hats. Josh Bazell's first novel is a roller-coaster
ride from the very first page, fast, furious, and - believe it or
not - funny...A cross between ER and the Sopranos, this is House on
speed, with a little Dexter thrown in and wisecracking dialogue to
boot. It's breathtakingly accomplished for a debut. Bazell is a
name to watch
*Daily Mail*
Funny and outrageous, with a great central character and the energy
and frenetic pace sustained throughout...Determinedly cynical about
the US medical system and with informative footnotes
*Guardian*
The novel speeds you like an emergency-room patient on a gurney
through 300 pages of adrenalin-fuelled action, medical drama, mob
dealings and stomach-turning violence
*Scotland on Sunday*
Beat the Reaper is way cool and ice cold. A ferocious read
*Don Winslow*
Beat the Reaper is a blast. Josh Bazell blew me away with this
story that is as relentless as a bullet
*Michael Connelly*
Pietro Brnwa (aka Peter Brown) is a hospital intern who looks like an Easter Island monolith with lots of moxie. No Dr. Kildare, the former hit man has brought to his new position a thorough working knowledge of internal medicine. As part of a Witness Protection Program, he's crafted a new identity, until a former colleague is admitted to the hospital ward, and Peter's cover starts to unravel. A propulsive, savvy read featuring characters both well shaded and shady, this debut thriller by a physician polymath with a BA in writing from Brown also offers the garnish du jour in the form of elaborate and funny footnotes (Ø la David Foster Wallace). You can prescribe this to fans of Carl Hiaasen and quirky abrasive fiction, although anyone whose future plans include a trip to a hospital may want to steer clear, as Bazell is almost too informative about life behind the surgical mask. Doctors are pill-popping automatons, and when a surgeon tells you that you "have a chance," what he means is that he needs a bigger boat. Heartily recommended for all public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 9/15/08.]-Bob Lunn, Kansas City P.L., MO Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
Hold on to your hats. Josh Bazell's first novel is a roller-coaster
ride from the very first page, fast, furious, and - believe it or
not - funny...A cross between ER and the Sopranos,
this is House on speed, with a little Dexter thrown in and
wisecracking dialogue to boot. It's breathtakingly accomplished for
a debut. Bazell is a name to watch * Daily Mail *
Funny and outrageous, with a great central character and the energy
and frenetic pace sustained throughout...Determinedly cynical about
the US medical system and with informative footnotes * Guardian
*
The novel speeds you like an emergency-room patient on a gurney
through 300 pages of adrenalin-fuelled action, medical drama, mob
dealings and stomach-turning violence * Scotland on Sunday *
Beat the Reaper is way cool and ice cold. A ferocious read
-- Don Winslow
Beat the Reaper is a blast. Josh Bazell blew me away with
this story that is as relentless as a bullet -- Michael Connelly
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