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- A Life in Brain Surgery
- Narrated by: Henry Marsh
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical front line. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the NHS, and through his continuing work in Nepal and Ukraine, Henry has been forced to reflect more deeply about what 40 years spent handling the human brain has taught him.
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- cameron.hoare
- 15-06-2017
a nice memoir. honest but all over the place.
an interesting memoir. well told, homest and insightful, but at parts sounded like a lonely man trying to avoid dementia
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- Paul
- 20-06-2017
Beautifully read, refreshingly honest, touchingly humane and always engaging.
Mr Marsh is clearly an extraordinary polymath with his hands, his mind and his heart. I love the way his story telling ranges from one continent to another, from culture to culture, patient to patient, agonising outcomes to miraculous cures, touching generosity to excoriating cringe-fests of past indiscretions and vanities.
It is his humanity, laid bare in heartwarming and surprising juxtaposition to his laudable achievements that makes his story so compelling.
Set next to his humanity is the joy of his insatiable curiosity and lust to create with his hands.... slashing weeds, sharpening the blade of a plane, lifting a steel beam into place with fewer tools than the Egyptians probably had at their disposal, or, planting a forest and building new windows. To feel the enthusiasm in his voice is a delight.
Oh, and I love his fulminating outbursts against The Managers and the regressive left. Love it!
Then, of course, are the all too serious existential issues that he discourses on.... something close to my heart given the instances I've twice been faced with regarding "switching off the machine". Thank you Mr Marsh for your candour and forthrightness.
I only have one beef..... I wish Mr Marsh had read his other book as well (Do No Harm).
Cheers,
Paul
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- Chris K.
- 21-03-2018
Uncomfortably Relatable
a refreshingly honest, deeply sad account to relate to, inevitable, insurmountable, difficulties of capitalism in healthcare
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