
By turns heartbreaking, hilarious, and utterly human, The House of God is a mesmerizing and provocative novel about what it really takes to become a doctor.
“The raunchy, troubling, and hilarious novel that turned into a cult phenomenon. Singularly compelling…brutally honest.”—The New York Times
Struggling with grueling hours and sudden life-and-death responsibilities, Basch and his colleagues, under the leadership of their rule-breaking senior resident known only as the Fat Man, must learn not only how to be fine doctors but, eventually, good human beings.
A phenomenon ever since it was published, The House of God was the first unvarnished, unglorified, and uncensored portrait of what training to become a doctor is truly like, in all its terror, exhaustion and black comedy. With more than two million copies sold worldwide, it has been hailed as one of the most important medical novels ever written.
With an introduction by John Updike
Genre: General Fiction
“The raunchy, troubling, and hilarious novel that turned into a cult phenomenon. Singularly compelling…brutally honest.”—The New York Times
Struggling with grueling hours and sudden life-and-death responsibilities, Basch and his colleagues, under the leadership of their rule-breaking senior resident known only as the Fat Man, must learn not only how to be fine doctors but, eventually, good human beings.
A phenomenon ever since it was published, The House of God was the first unvarnished, unglorified, and uncensored portrait of what training to become a doctor is truly like, in all its terror, exhaustion and black comedy. With more than two million copies sold worldwide, it has been hailed as one of the most important medical novels ever written.
With an introduction by John Updike
Genre: General Fiction
Used availability for Samuel Shem's The House of God
Hardback Editions
August 1978 : USA Hardback
August 1979 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
September 2010 : USA Paperback
July 2003 : USA Paperback
August 2003 : USA Paperback
January 1985 : UK Paperback
December 1980 : USA Mass Market Paperback
1988 : Paperback
July 1980 : UK Paperback
1979 : USA Paperback
Audio Editions
March 2021 : Audio CD
March 2021 : Audio CD

Title: The House of God
Author(s): Samuel Shem, M D Samuel Shem
Publisher: Tantor and Blackstone Publishing
Availability: Amazon
March 2021 : Audio CD

Title: The House of God
Author(s): Samuel Shem, M D Samuel Shem
Publisher: Tantor and Blackstone Publishing
Availability: Amazon AU
September 2011 : USA Audio CD
September 2011 : USA Audio CD
September 2011 : USA MP3 CD
September 2011 : Canada Audio edition
Kindle Editions
September 2010 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
May 2009 : Australia, UK Kindle edition