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Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas :Festive Diaries from the Creator of This Is Going to Hurt
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas :Festive Diaries from the Creator of This Is Going to Hurt
paperback
Published:
13 October, 2022
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Description
Adam Kay's festive hospital diaries, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas, is the perfect Christmas read, gift, or stocking filler!
The number one Sunday Times bestseller, from the author of multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt – now a major BBC TV series.
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat . . . but 1.4 million NHS staff 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, horrifying and sometimes heartbreaking peek behind the blue curtain at Christmastime.
This 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.
‘The perfect surgical stocking-filler’ – The Times
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781529038620 |
| ISBN10 | 1529038626 |
| Number Of Pages | 160 |
| Item Weight | 96 g |
| Product Dimensions | 111 x 178 x 12 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Sunday Times humour book of the year * Sunday Times *
The perfect surgical stocking filler. Jokes galore. This little book will no doubt cheer up the many readers who find it under their tree * The Times *
Very, very funny -- Graham Norton
Beyond hilarious . . . A small-but-perfectly formed follow-up to This is Going to Hurt, this Christmas-themed delight continues to capture the dark humour and dedicated work of NHS professionals everywhere * Stylist *
A funny, poignant snapshot of humanity * Radio Times *
Will have you crying with laughter * Good Housekeeping *
Contains Kay’s unique alchemy of medical insight and cynical wit * Daily Mirror *
Hilarious and heartbreaking * Irish Times *
The funniest book of 2019 * The Mail *
Kay's fans will be delighted to discover that it is entirely as revolting, funny and moving as the first * i-news *
Matchless stories . . . funny, disgusting and moving * Guardian *
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Author's Bio
Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and author of the multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt and the festive diaries Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas. He previously worked as a junior doctor, which is hopefully clear by now. He lives in Oxfordshire.