- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (20 Feb 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747580073
- ISBN-13: 978-0747580072
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,263,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Daily Telegraph
`Lunatic and splenetic and distinctive ... I begin to suspect she
may be some sort of genius' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
may be some sort of genius' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Review
'Reading Ellmann is to be taken on a subversive adventure by a bad-tempered fairy' Telegraph 'Ellmann's wild humour and endlessly inventive imagination are as vehement as her subject matter... [she] writes with the knowingness and authority of someone who has plumbed the depths of despair and come up laughing - hysterically' The Times 'Shrewd, passionate, outrageous and very, very funny' Sunday Telegraph
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I must admit I was swayed to read this book almost entirely due to the excessive amounts of rave reviews (love the cliché!) in the front. That, along with the enticing cover and the fact that I have found other Lucy Ellmann books proved rather a treat.
I got the distinct impression whilst reading that the author really didn't want me to like it. She wanted me to give up. But I did not. I prevailed. I finished the book. And now I'm going to be all positive about it just to spite her.
Firstly, I will admit the typeface was VERY annoying. If you ARE wondering what I am ALLUDING to then use these SENTENCES for REFERENCE. (witty). Apart from this there was much to applaud. 'Doctors and Nurses' was postmodern to the point of actual physical pain. I never forgot that I was holding a book. The rediculous level of vulagarity was shocking at first, but by the end you were immune to it. There was a kind of numbness. It made everything else in normal life feel kind of pathetic. Ellmann also has a habit of of slotting something on every page which makes you sit back and smile and decide you never need to read another word again.
I would recommend you read another book by this author before you venture into this little ditty ('Vary Degrees of Hopelessness' is a piece of genius). Also probably don't read it if you are in the profession of doctor or nurse. And definitely don't read it because you are in the profession of doctor or nurse.
BUT if you happen to crave something that will not blur into mind novel mush when you have finished, I dare you to try it. And then write an informative review.
I got the distinct impression whilst reading that the author really didn't want me to like it. She wanted me to give up. But I did not. I prevailed. I finished the book. And now I'm going to be all positive about it just to spite her.
Firstly, I will admit the typeface was VERY annoying. If you ARE wondering what I am ALLUDING to then use these SENTENCES for REFERENCE. (witty). Apart from this there was much to applaud. 'Doctors and Nurses' was postmodern to the point of actual physical pain. I never forgot that I was holding a book. The rediculous level of vulagarity was shocking at first, but by the end you were immune to it. There was a kind of numbness. It made everything else in normal life feel kind of pathetic. Ellmann also has a habit of of slotting something on every page which makes you sit back and smile and decide you never need to read another word again.
I would recommend you read another book by this author before you venture into this little ditty ('Vary Degrees of Hopelessness' is a piece of genius). Also probably don't read it if you are in the profession of doctor or nurse. And definitely don't read it because you are in the profession of doctor or nurse.
BUT if you happen to crave something that will not blur into mind novel mush when you have finished, I dare you to try it. And then write an informative review.
Format:Hardcover
Since starring in the BBC sketch show, 'Three Of A Kind', alongside Lenny Henry and the mad magician Dave-id Copperneck in the early 1980s, Lucy Ellman has embarked upon a varied and rewarding career path; inventing Microsoft years before Bill Gates but, with typical modesty, not bothering to tell anybody, running several marathons wielding an open pair of scissors in an attempt to put to rest a certain old wives tale, and breaking the world record for the highest number of chippolatas held in the human mouth without chewing.
And then there are her novels, which are odd, but in a good way. Ever woken up from a night of fitful sleep to discover that your head has somehow worked its way inside the pillow case? If so, you'll find 'Doctors And Nurses' a riot. I know I did.
And then there are her novels, which are odd, but in a good way. Ever woken up from a night of fitful sleep to discover that your head has somehow worked its way inside the pillow case? If so, you'll find 'Doctors And Nurses' a riot. I know I did.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Despite the rave reviews of this book from the first two pages, i found this book very difficult to read. The author has a pretty mad ununsal and frenetic writing style, with random words being typed in bold FOR no REASON ! .Also the main character, Jen is a fruitcake, describing things in very lurid, rude and fruity details. However I just didn't find this book funny all. Different, but not my cup of tea !!
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