House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1959.
‘Mr Gordon is in his way the P G Wodehouse of the general hospitals’ – The Daily Telegraph
More medical mayhem from the hilarious Richard Gordon. (Goodreads Review)
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1955.
Dr Richard Gordon's first job after qualifying takes him to St Swithan's where he is enrolled as Junior Casualty House Surgeon. However, some rather unfortunate incidents with Mr Justice Hopwood, as well as one of his patients inexplicably coughing up nuts and bolts, mean that promotion passes him by - and goes instead to...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1953.
Richard Gordon's life was moving rapidly towards middle-aged lethargy - or so he felt. Employed as an assistant in general practice - the medical equivalent of a poor curate - and having been 'persuaded' that marriage is as much an obligation for a young doctor as celibacy for a priest, Richard sees the rest of his life...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1960.
Dr. Grimsdyke is qualified, but he finds practicing medicine rather less congenial than he anticipated. But the ever-selfless Grimsdyke resolves to put the desires of others (and in particular his rather career-minded cousin) before his own, and settle down and make the best of it. (Goodreads Review)
House of Stratus, 2001. Originally published 1957. In this hilarious romantic comedy, Richard Gordon awakes one morning with a headache. It takes him a while to realise he is ill - after all he is a doctor! Dr Pennyworth diagnoses jaundice and prescribes a spell in hospital. But amongst the bedpans and injections on Honesty ward, Richard falls in love - with his very own...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1952.
Richard Gordon’s acceptance into St. Swithan’s medical school came as no surprise to anyone, least of all him—after all, he had been to public school, played first XV rugby, and his father was, let’s face it, a St. Swithan’s man. Surely he was set for life. It was rather a shock then to discover that, once there, he would...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1985.
First there is the actor who confuses himself with his character. Then comes the man suffering from amnesia…and the housewife who has spent all day wrestling with her washing machine. This is all in a day’s work for the local GP in a Kentish town. Yet having done this for twenty-five years Richard Gordon could surely be forgiven...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1970.
In 'Doctor on the Boil', Richard Gordon's prescription in as effervescent and hilariously stimulating as ever.
The work-shy Dr Grimsdyke is still at St Swithan's - the same as ever despite the world having moved on around him. Nurses are hitching up their skirts in the name of fashion and the dean is almost certain he is to be...
House of Stratus, 2001. Originally published 1972. On a sunny morning in June, the dean of St Swithan's Hospital Medical School is struggling to avoid hypocrisy as he writes the obituary for his fearsome sparring partner, Sir Lancelot Spratt. Yet far from being a funereal and moribund tale, Doctor on the Brain is a fast-moving, hilarious comedy where the jokes are liberally...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1976.
Dr Richard Gordon's first job after qualifying takes him to St Swithan's where he is enrolled as Junior Casualty House Surgeon. However, some rather unfortunate incidents with Mr Justice Hopwood, as well as one of his patients inexplicably coughing up nuts and bolts, mean that promotion passes him by - and goes instead to...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1961.
In this riotously funny comedy, Dr. Grimsdyke’s genius for disaster is given full rein. He falls in love with a model, only to find she is already married. His much-anticipated cruise is an unmitigated disaster and his role as Sir Lancelot’s biographer leads them both into misadventure in the extreme. And then there is the...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1968.
Surgeon at Arms tell the story of Graham Trevose, a man who manages to do good and even be a decent human being at times, despite his many weaknesses - he's self-centred and impulsive and can't resist hooking up with secretaries and ward sisters. Gordon treats his life as a case history - given this personality, what kind of...
House of Stratus, 2001.
Originally published 1965.
Sir Lancelot Spratt, respected and much feared senior consultant at St Swithan's has finally taken the plunge and retired to enjoy the quiet life. No longer able to fill his days terrorising staff and patients alike, he turns instead to a new passion - a spot of trout fishing. However his solace and quiet reverie at the fishpond...
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