The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for theTelegraph.

IF YOU’RE GOING to be ill, it’s best to avoid the first Wednesday in August.This is the day when junior doctors graduate to their first placements and begin to face having to put into practice what they have spent the last six years learning.

Starting on the evening before he begins work as a doctor, this book charts Max Pemberton’stouching and funnyjourney through his first year in the NHS. Progressing from youthful idealism to frank bewilderment, Max realises how little his job is about ‘saving people’ and how much of his time is taken up by signing forms and trying to figure out all the important things no one has explained yet — for example, the crucial question of how to tell whether someone is dead or not.

Along the way, Max and his fellow fledgling doctors grapple with the complicated questions of life, love, mental health and how on earth to make time to do your laundry.

All Creatures Great and SmallmeetsBridget Jones’s Diary, this is ahumorous and accessiblepeek into a world which you’d normally need a medical degree to witness.

If you enjoyTrust Me, I’m a (Junior) Doctor, don’t miss the follow-up titlesWhere Does It Hurt?andThe Doctor Will See You Now.