Bodies

Insideeveryhospitalexistsaworldnooutsiderhasbeenallowedtosee,noteventheidealisticyoungmanwhohascometostartacareerinmedicine.Whatawaitshimisalifeofinstitutionalisedcynicism,pitch-blackhumourandvisceralsex,andsoonitchangeshimmoreterriblythanhecouldeverhavefeared.Writtenbyaformerdoctor,BODIESisanovelofalmostunbearablepowerandintensity.Itisalsoamovingportraitofthelossofinnocence,thehealingpowerofsexuallove,andofayoungman'squestforredemptioninaworldthat'slostitssenseofrightandwrong.InBODIES,JedMercurio,themanbehindthetelevisionseriesCardiacArrest,hasproducedanevenmoredisturbinglyauthenticdespatchfromthefrontlineofhospitallife.