The Gap
A paramedic's summer on the edge
$33.12
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
6 August 2019
Summary
Benjamin Gilmour has been a paramedic for the past twenty years. He has seen his fair share of drama. But the summer of 2008 remains etched in his memory for the very worst reasons.
In this riveting memoir, Gilmour recounts the call-outs that summer - some dangerous, some gruesome, some downright ridiculous. And we meet fellow paramedic John who, they say, can get a laugh out of everyone except the dead. As the city heats up that summer, however, even John begins to lose his sense of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760890209 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760890200 |
| Author: | Benjamin Gilmour |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 402g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 153mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Benjamin Gilmour
Benjamin Gilmour has been a paramedic for 20 years. He is also an author and film director. His film, Jirga, was Australia’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, 2019, and won the Best Independent Film at the AACTA Awards. His other films include Paramedico (2012) and Son of a Lion (2008), which was selected for the Berlinale. He is the author of the best-selling book Paramedico - Around the World by Ambulance, a tie-in with his film of the same name, and Warrior Poets about the making of his first feature film in Pakistan. His children’s book, The Travel Bug, with illustrator James Gulliver Hancock is published by Penguin Random House. He is based in northern New South Wales, Australia, where he lives with his wife Kaspia and three children.
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