Dr. Matt McCarthy: straight out of medical school, fresh face with little hands-on experience, and new Resident at a New York hospital. This darkly comic tale follows McCarthy during his first year as he gains experience, wisdom, perspective, and also and a not-so-healthy appreciation for Wendy’s Frostys. The book deals with the question of, “how do you learn to save lives when there are no mulligans?” McCarthy struggles at times whether to even stay with the 30-hour-a-shift residency and become a doctor. Through a few near misses, a lot of heartfelt conversation and a series of life-changing interactions with both mentors and patients, McCarthy pulls through to his second year and becomes—dare he say it, a competent physician. Recommendation: Black comedy, but makes some excellent philosophical points. Funny in a teetering-on-the-edge-of-destruction way. Give it a try.
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