Cook Robin : Coma (Fm) - Couverture souple

Cook, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0451082028 ISBN 13 : 9780451082022

Editeur : New American Library, 1977

Synopsis

Robin Cook is the author -- and Coma is the book -- for which the term medical thriller was first used. It's a spine-chilling shocker about a crime beyond imagining and the committed young medical student who brings it to light.The surgery was routine -- the kind performed many times a day at Boston's most prestigious hospital. The teams that worked in OR #8 were among the best in the world. But even their incredible skill couldn't make up for what was happening around them. Several patients, admitted to the hospital for minor surgery, never awoke. For some inexplicable reason, their brains had been destroyed.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The blockbuster bestseller that kickstarted a new genre--the medical thriller--is now available in trade paperback for the first time.
They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others--all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures--were victims of the same inexplicable, hideous tragedy on the operating table. They never woke up.
Susan Wheeler is a third-year medical student working as a trainee at Boston Memorial Hospital. Two patients during her residency mysteriously go into comas immediately after their operations due to complications from anesthesia. Susan begins to investigate the causes behind both of these alarming comas and discovers the oxygen line in Operating Room 8 has been tampered with to induce carbon monoxide poisoning.
Then Susan discovers the evil nature of the Jefferson Institute, an intensive care facility where patients are suspended from the ceiling and kept alive until they can be harvested for healthy organs. Is she a participant in--or a victim of--a large-scale black market dealing in human organs?

Revue de presse

"Gripping, terrifying, fast-paced suspense."―The New York Times

"Strikes a deafening chord of terror."―The Washington Post

"Unputdownable . . . A chilling, fast-moving suspense thriller"―The Boston Globe

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New American Library
• Date d'édition: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0451082028
• ISBN 13: 9780451082022
• Reliure: Poche
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible