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This program is read by the author. "[Marsh's] delivery...captures the gravitas of the calculated life-and-death risks he took every day in his career." —AudioFile magazine on Admissions From the bestselling neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm, comes Henry Marsh's And Finally, an unflinching and deeply personal exploration of death, life and neuroscience. As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer. And Finally explores what happens when someone who has spent a lifetime on the frontline of life and death finds himself contemplating what might be his own death sentence. As he navigates the bewildering transition from doctor to patient, he is haunted by past failures and projects yet to be completed, and frustrated by the inconveniences of illness and old age. But he is also more entranced than ever by the mysteries of science and the brain, the beauty of the natural world and his love for his family. Elegiac, candid, luminous and poignant, And Finally is ultimately not so much an audiobook about death, but an audiobook about life and what matters in the end. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
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"There's no denying the vicarious thrill of peeking over a neurosurgeon's shoulder in the operating theater, and Dr. Marsh delivers plenty of hospital drama. Yet what sticks with you are the moments when the lens flips and the field of view widens, and you realize that, in learning about the minutiae of neurosurgery, you're gaining insight into life itself."
— The Wall Street Journal
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In this superb meditation on life and death, Henry Marsh tackles the matter of mortality with all histrademark wit, wisdom, grace and humility. He turns his formidable intellect and scalpel-sharp proseon himself as well as the medical profession - with marvellous results. Unflinching, profound anddeeply humane, And Finally is magnificent.
— Rachel Clarke, author of Dear Life -
"And Finally is a close and courageous look at the prospect of death by someone who has seen it moreclearly and more often than most of us, and who writes with great fluency and grace. Henry Marsh isa great neurosurgeon: he is also a very fine writer. I admire this book enormously.
— Philip Pullman,author of His Dark Materials -
[H]e’s deeply reflective, the result is a bit like sitting in the pub with the smartest person you know.
— Leyla Sanai, The Spectator -
It is an important message from a wise and warm narrator, and his book will bring comfort to many— and educate doctors (should any have time to read it).
— Melanie Reid, The Times -
In a beautifully written memoir, the surgeon reflects on his cancer diagnosis – and explains why youshould exaggerate your pain to doctors. […] The NHS might presently be in crisis, but that is anexample of the great phlegmatic British spirit we can all be proud of.
— Steven Poole, The Telegraph -
By sharing his findings, And Finally will no doubt prompt others to contemplate their own existenceand, more importantly, recognise what is truly worth living for.
— Financial Times -
Like the work of his fellow physicians Jerome Groopman and Atul Gawande, Do No Harm offers insight into the life of doctors and the quandaries they face as we throw our outsize hopes into their fallible hands.
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Riveting. ... [Marsh] gives us an extraordinarily intimate, compassionate and sometimes frightening understanding of his vocation.
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The Knausgaard of neurosurgery... Marsh writes like a novelist.
— The New Yorker -
One of the best books ever about a life in medicine, Do No Harm boldly and gracefully exposes the vulnerability and painful privilege of being a physician.
— Booklist (starred review)
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About Henry Marsh
Henry Marsh studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1984, and was appointed consultant neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley’s/St George’s Hospital in London in 1987. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Do No Harm and NBCC finalist Admissions. He has been the subject of two documentary films, Your Life in Their Hands, which won the Royal Television Society Gold Medal, and The English Surgeon, which won an Emmy Award. He was made a CBE in 2010.