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Going Loco: Further Adventures of a Scottish Country Doctor
Author of the bestselling A Seaside Practice...
Picking up from where his first memoir left off, Dr Tom is back with more of his gloriously eccentric stories. Still based as a locum in his beloved Scottish highlands, he now takes time out from the surgery for stints as a medical researcher, travelling wherever he is called, from Rio to Miami, Vienna to Buenos Aires. Part memoir, part travelogue, Going Loco takes us on a dizzying journey around the medical world - from the challenge of a make-shift surgery in the African bush, to the terror of smuggling beagles into Amsterdam on behalf of a global pharmaceutical company. We encounter extraordinary characters on the way - impossible patients, brave souls and more than a smattering of crazy doctors. Going Loco is a gripping read, full of the colour and charm of Dr Tom's previous book - this young doctor on the move is great company.
Picking up from where his first memoir left off, Dr Tom is back with more of his gloriously eccentric stories. Still based as a locum in his beloved Scottish highlands, he now takes time out from the surgery for stints as a medical researcher, travelling wherever he is called, from Rio to Miami, Vienna to Buenos Aires. Part memoir, part travelogue, Going Loco takes us on a dizzying journey around the medical world - from the challenge of a make-shift surgery in the African bush, to the terror of smuggling beagles into Amsterdam on behalf of a global pharmaceutical company. We encounter extraordinary characters on the way - impossible patients, brave souls and more than a smattering of crazy doctors. Going Loco is a gripping read, full of the colour and charm of Dr Tom's previous book - this young doctor on the move is great company.
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First published January 1, 2009
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July 31, 2019
If you loved James Herriot, you'll like Tom Smith!
September 3, 2019
I enjoyed this second book in the series, but not as much as the first one.
Dr. Tom Smith knows how to spin a good yarn, and if for no other I would recommend picking this up to read at least three of the stories:t the apricot that was swallow twice, the patient who arrived at the surgery in a top hat -it was to hide the fact he had a kitchen knife sticking out the top of head, and, how being taken into custody by the Police saved a young African man from contracting and being killed by a virulent virus. (The author briefly showcases the animosity of Apartheid at work. )
The company politics and money-driven agenda that surrounded the testing and promoting of medicinal drugs in this book really equates to just one word: corrupt.
Extra: a play/pronunciation of an aeroplanes name and ‘humour’ over two surnames will gift the listener with what sounds like f.bombs, and the word fart.
Dr. Tom Smith knows how to spin a good yarn, and if for no other I would recommend picking this up to read at least three of the stories:t the apricot that was swallow twice, the patient who arrived at the surgery in a top hat -it was to hide the fact he had a kitchen knife sticking out the top of head, and, how being taken into custody by the Police saved a young African man from contracting and being killed by a virulent virus. (The author briefly showcases the animosity of Apartheid at work. )
The company politics and money-driven agenda that surrounded the testing and promoting of medicinal drugs in this book really equates to just one word: corrupt.
Extra: a play/pronunciation of an aeroplanes name and ‘humour’ over two surnames will gift the listener with what sounds like f.bombs, and the word fart.
September 18, 2017
The 2nd in the series, Dr. Tom works in medical research and then shifts over into writing as a career. Entertaining stories and a glimpse into the corporate medical world. Very agreeable.
September 21, 2013
Not as good as his first book.
Medical research is no where near as interesting as life as the Dr in a Scottish village.
Some of the Locum tales were interesting, even funny but first book was MUCH better.
Medical research is no where near as interesting as life as the Dr in a Scottish village.
Some of the Locum tales were interesting, even funny but first book was MUCH better.
April 14, 2016
beautiful book..very very interesting to read and looking forward to reading more by him.
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