Do No Harm

Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

By: Henry Marsh

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Paperback | 28 October 2014 | Edition Number 1

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'Enthralling' Guardian
'A superb achievement' Ian McEwan
'Incredibly absorbing . . . astonishingly candid' Bill Bryson

Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature

What is it like to be a brain surgeon?

How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut through the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason?

How do you live with the consequences when it all goes wrong?

Do No Harm offers an unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of a life dedicated to operating on the human brain, in all its exquisite complexity. With astonishing candour and compassion, Henry Marsh reveals the exhilarating drama of surgery, the chaos and confusion of a busy modern hospital, and above all the need for hope when faced with life's most agonising decisions.

Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award; Duff Cooper Prize; Wellcome Book Prize; Guardian First Book Award; and Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

'What a bloody, splendid book: commas optional' Observer

'Riveting . . . extraordinarily intimate, compassionate and sometimes frightening ... [Marsh] writes with uncommon power and frankness' New York Times

'If Marsh is even a tenth as good a neurosurgeon as he is a writer, I'd let him open my skull any time' Independent on Sunday

'As gripping and engrossing as the best medical drama, only with the added piquancy of being entirely true' Daily Mail

'Elegant, delicate, dangerous and full of profound meaning' Ed Caesar,â¯Sunday Times

See what readers are saying:
'An outstanding reflection on medicine, neuroscience and the human experience' âââââ
'Ten stars, easily . . . I have bought five copies and given them to friends' âââââ
'Vivid . . . exacting and outspoken' âââââ
'Thoughtful, humane and deeply moving' âââââ

Industry Reviews

DO NO HARM is an elegant series of meditations ... At heart, this is a book about wisdom and experience

- DAILY TELEGRAPH

An enthralling read ... a testimony of wonder ... Marsh's style is admirably clear, concise and precise ... There is no forcing of a narrative arc or a happy ending, just the quotidian frustrations, sorrows, regrets and successes of neurosurgical life - GUARDIAN

A searingly frank book which tells the story of a danger-fraught occupation the way it is. Every chapter is a tightrope walk ... Has you on the edge of your seat ... Even more fascinating is his candour about his own feelings ... Henry Marsh's patients are living, individual people - he makes us feel we know them

- DAILY MAIL

By and large, [DO NO HARM] contains stories not of triumph, or of the author's skill and expertise, but of the emotional and psychological toll exacted when things go horribly wrong ... His understanding of the nature of suffering is deep and personal - NEW STATESMAN

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