Acclaimed Surgeon, Richard Sall, publishes his first novel – a fast-paced, medical suspense adventure, titled Straightjacket

This is a lightning-fast paced story of a young surgery resident at the end of his rope when he discovers that he has not performed enough surgery to meet the requirements for certification.

(PRWEB) May 12, 2006 -- Welcome to the hilarious, hurly burly world of Detroit General Hospital. It’s a wild and wooly place and, be forewarned, it’s not just the hospital’s patients who need help and healing.

Thirty-two year old Joe Grady is about to finish his surgical residency and move on to bigger and better things. But his cost-conscious administrator suddenly gives him a Herculean task: he has to complete ten major cases in the next thirty days or he’ll be dismissed without certification. As if that weren’t enough, the hospital is a zoo, the

nurses need to unionize and someone is going around killing patients.

Lest this isn’t sufficient to distract Joe from his task, he’s also falling in love with Linda, a heartbreakingly gorgeous nurse with a dangerously demented mother.

If you love medical dramas and you’re looking for a clever, engaging read, Richard Sall’s book is exactly what the doctor ordered. Wildly funny and deeply satirical, Straight Jacket isn’t just an insightful story about the coming of age of a surgeon. It’s also about

hope, love, healing and the appallingly high cost of medicine. Sall riffs on everything from malpractice to HMOs to intelligent design and even God. But his real target is the second-tier caregivers that hospitals hire to cut corners and the dumbing down of the

industry.

Dazzlingly written and filled with quirky characters, Straight Jacket is my prescription for one of the smartest debuts this year…

-As reviewed by New York Times best selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh

For more information, or for a free review copy, please contact the author. Straightjacket is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

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