Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
内容简介
From the author of record-breaking million copy bestseller and 2018 Book of the Year, This is Going to Hurt
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat . . . but 1.4 million NHS workers are heading off to work. In this perfect present for anyone who has ever set foot in a hospital, Adam Kay delves back into his diaries for a hilarious and sometimes heart-breaking peek behind the blue curtain at Christmastime.
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a love letter to all those who spend their festive season on the front line, removing babies and baubles from the various places they get stuck, at the most wonderful time of the year.
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作者简介
Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer for TV and film. He previously worked for many years as a junior doctor. His first book "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor" was a Sunday Times number one bestseller for a record-breaking 42 weeks and has sold over 1.5 million copies. It has been translated into 36 languages and is winner of four National Book Awards, including Book of the Year. BBC Two have announced that This is Going to Hurt will be a major new comedy-drama.
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我的出版方一如既往地在努力避免因为我的这本书，把他们自己和我送进监狱。为了尽可能达成出版方的这一愿望，我改了书里面的人名、日期、个人信息、临床细节。在我的上一本书里，我把所有真实人名替换成了《哈利波特》里的一些小角色的名字。我不会再做这种事了。① 注①：这次的人名都是从《小鬼当家》里挑的。
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