See moreFrom the award-winning and million-copy bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt comes 'Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas, a humorous gift book and a love letter to those who spend the festive season on the front line of the hospital ward.
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat . . . but 1.4 million NHS staff are heading off to work. In this perfect present for anyone who has ever set foot in a hospital, Adam Kay delves back into his diaries for a hilarious, horrifying and sometimes heartbreaking peek behind the blue curtain at Christmastime.
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a love letter to all those who spend their festive season on the front line, removing babies and baubles from the various places they get stuck, at the most wonderful time of the year.
Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer for TV and film. He previously worked for many years as a junior doctor. His first book "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor" was a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, breaking all records, and has sold over 1.5 million copies. It has been translated into 36 languages and is winner of four National Book Awards, including Book of the Year, and will be a major new comedy drama for BBC Two. His second book "Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas" was released in October 2019.