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Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
- Author
- Adam Kay
- Narrator
- Adam Kay
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 17 October 2019
- Run Time
- 2 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Memoirs, Published diaries, letters and journals, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Humour, Doctor / patient relationship, Health systems and services
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
The number one Sunday Times bestseller.
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a short gift book of festive diaries from the author of multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt.
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
Critics Review
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Sunday Times humour book of the year
Sunday Times
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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
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Very, very funny
Graham Norton
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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
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A funny, poignant snapshot of humanity
Radio Times
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Will have you crying with laughter
Good Housekeeping
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Contains Kay’s unique alchemy of medical insight and cynical wit
Daily Mirror
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Hilarious and heartbreaking
Irish Times
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The funniest book of 2019
The Mail
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Kay's fans will be delighted to discover that it is entirely as revolting, funny and moving as the first
i-news
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Matchless stories . . . funny, disgusting and moving
Guardian
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Hysterically funny, bleakly human, a perfect antidote to many Christmas tales
Rullsenberg 2022-12-22
Details
- Author
- Adam Kay
- Narrator
- Adam Kay
- Duration
- 2 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 October 2019
- ISBN
- 9781529018608
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Memoirs, Published diaries, letters and journals, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Humour, Doctor / patient relationship, Health systems and services
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
The number one Sunday Times bestseller. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a short gift book of festive diaries from the author of multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt.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
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