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Josh Bazell
Josh Bazell is a doctor and novelist. He has a BA in writing from Brown University and an MD from Columbia. He has worked as a screenwriter, and while in medical school investigated suspicious deaths for the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York. He is currently a resident at the... show more

Josh Bazell is a doctor and novelist. He has a BA in writing from Brown University and an MD from Columbia. He has worked as a screenwriter, and while in medical school investigated suspicious deaths for the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York. He is currently a resident at the University of California, San Francisco, and is writing his second novel.
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Irresponsible Reader
Irresponsible Reader rated it 8 years ago
If you don't think of this as a sequel to Beat the Reaper, this is a tolerable thriller. If you think of this as a sequel to Beat the Reaper, it's a tragedy. The plot was okay, the but outside of that, it's unnecessarily preachy -- the screeds about global climate change and evolution/religion wer...
Irresponsible Reader
Irresponsible Reader rated it 8 years ago
Dr. Peter Brown is having a rough day -- he's fighting to keep a patient alive long enough for someone competent to diagnose him properly -- he's also fighting to get someone to diagnose him properly. And he's a got a new patient that recognizes him from his past life, who makes a threat -- keep him...
TrevorPTweedleD
TrevorPTweedleD rated it 11 years ago
https://bindblottyandcajole.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/most-times-its-better-to-be-the-hunter-than-the-hunted-sometimes-there-are-special-cases/
The Book Frog
The Book Frog rated it 12 years ago
Josh Bazell, the author of Beat the Reaper, is a medical resident at UC San Francisco. His hero, Peter Brown, nee Pietro Brnwa, aka the Bearclaw, is also a medical resident, at the fictional Manhattan Catholic Hospital. There, one would hope, the similarities end. Pete Brown is not a very good do...
JulieM
JulieM rated it 12 years ago
I finished listening to Josh Bazell's debut mystery Beat the Reaper. Bazell wrote this medical thriller while he was doing his medical residency at UCSF. If Bazell's description of what happens behind the scenes in a hospital is true, then we all better start taking our vitamins, because you do not ...
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