In the author’s note to The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The tale, spun almost novel-like at points, includes doctors, chemists, children, victims, and survivors, each a story in its own weaving into the greater narrative about one of the greatest diseases to ravage our race and that has eluded cure or solution.
I owe a shout out to my good cousin Adam, but for whose gift to me of the book I might not have read it. It’s a fascinating medical history, but completely accessible to the lay reader.
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Interesting! I’ll put this one on my list. Thanks for the recommendation.
Jenny at Choice City Native
Jenny, I hope you like it. It was a very informative and interesting read.
This sound like an interesting book, I will look for it.
Katie atBankerchick Scratchings
Katie, it was very interesting. I hope you enjoy it.
I picked the book after reading the profile of the author. He did not disappoint. A story told with the objectivity of a surgeon yet sensitivity of a close friend. A person who has spent his life at war with this enigmatic and deadly disease the afflicts without discrimination and kills without conscience. At no point did the book slow down. The notes were taken to the end as is the usual norm. I was not able to go through them and that was a substantial part. Looking forward to another book by Dr. Mukherjee.