" Read for "Page to Bedside: Literature and Medicine", an elective I am taking as part of medical school. The book is very well written, with an artistic style. I felt like I was actually in Dr. Perowne's head, privy to his most mundane and most intimate thoughts. The entire book takes place on one Saturday, and even though it was a very long and eventful day I struggled with the pace of the book a bit. I have been informed that this is a literary style, sort of a pivotal "day in the life" of the principal character, but I am more accustomed to books that cover some more ground temporally speaking. Touches on some interesting topics, (view spoiler)[like the state of the world with terrorism and such, the ethics of using medical training/knowledge to gain an advantage over an adversary and possibly do them harm (emotional/physical/whatev), operating on patients that you have a history with. In my opinion, he was completely justified using whatever means he could to avoid a fight (kinda like a person with marital arts training, you know avoid fighting whenever possible) even if it did make Baxter look weak in front of his homies. Also, when Baxter invaded his home with a weapon all bets are off, and Perowne can lie, exploit, and even use violence to defend himself and his family. The guy had a knife to his wife's neck and made his daughter strip, so yeah, Perowne was justified in lying to him about a fake clinical trial and in bashing his head on the stairs. Saying he can't use his medical knowledge to his advantage is like saying a ninja shouldn't use his ninja skills to womp the punk who is trying to slice his wife's throat. Of course the ninja can karate chop. Of course the surgeon can make false medical promises. Of course the daughter can take false credit for a poem she didn't write. Anyone who says different is entitled to their opinion I suppose, but I don't see it. (hide spoiler)]
Some language, some bedroom encounters. You are in the head of a male, privy to ALL of his thoughts. So not necessarily PG. More like R. "
— Jacob, 2/16/2014