Summary
A dark and original thriller - House on speedThe Doctor will see you now….Meet Peter Brown, a young Manhattan ER Doctor who has a past he’d prefer to stay hidden. When a figure from the old days emerges it looks increasingly unlikely that his secret will stay intact.Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is given three months to live, and it’s clear to Peter that the clock is ticking for both of them. He must do whatever it takes to keep him - and his patient - alive.It’s time to beat the reaper….
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099527527 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099527529 |
| Author: | Josh Bazell |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Windmill Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
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 WinslowBeat the Reaper is a blast. Josh Bazell blew me away with this story that is as relentless as a bullet – Michael ConnellyThis is a gripping debut thriller, clever, imaginative and with plenty of detail drawn from Bazell’s own career as a doctor * Waterstone’s Books Quarterly *This cross between House and The Sopranos kept me squeamishly reading…original and funny * Literary Review *Bazell is a natural storyteller and makes this thriller fast, funny and believable * Sun *If Tarantino were a novelist, this would be the book that he would write. Fast-paced, effortlessly cool and with the requisite amount of gun-slingers…Read it! * Your Choice Magazine *if this book doesn’t take the crime and thriller world by storm, there’s no justice. What marks the book out from the rest of an increasingly overcrowded field is its vibrant, glittering prose - streaked through with a mordant wit (highlighted by a series of pithy - and highly entertaining - footnotes; an unusual element in the thriller genre).The plot is highly original… Josh Bazell, as Beat the Reaper, demonstrates, is the real deal – Barry Forshaw * Amazon.co.uk *
About The Author
Josh Bazell
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.
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