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Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas

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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

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

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
Author Adam Kay
Narrator Adam Kay
Duration 2 hours and 20 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529018608
Format Audiobook
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Genre Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Diaries, letters and journals, Doctor/patient relationship, Health systems and services, Humour, Memoirs
Availability GB, IE
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
Narration
5.0 (1 review)

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