Warning, this book may cause you pain... from laughter!

Adam Kay is a famous British comedian who spent six years of his life as a junior doctor in the country’s state hospitals. This is his personal diary from that time, written with a lot of humor, although it often refers to situations that are anything but funny.

Without hesitation or evasion, the author documents a series of farcical situations, life-and-death decisions, endless shifts, and starvation wages as daily experiences of young doctors in Britain. As a hilarious personal story reflecting the austerity of our times, it has managed to surpass one million readers worldwide.

In addition to its theatrical adaptation, a TV series bearing the same name is being prepared by Adam Kay himself for the BBC.

60,000 reviews of 4* and 5* on Goodreads

Specsavers National Book of the Year

Books are my Bag - Readers' Award 2017

19 weeks at No 1 on the Sunday Times

“Painfully funny.” –Stephen Fry, director and actor

“So funny you’ll be in stitches, so touching it will tear your heart out.” –Jonathan Ross, book critic and TV presenter

“Humor sharp as a scalpel and unmatched insight.” –Lorraine Kelly, journalist and author

“Incredibly funny, full of humanity.” –Sunday Express

“Hilariously macabre.” –Sunday Times, Humor Book of the Year

Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and screenwriter for television and film. He previously worked as a doctor but left the profession due to a tragic incident. His book This is Going to Hurt – The Secret Diary of a Junior Doctor has won many awards and topped bestseller lists with record sales, while being translated into twenty-eight countries. Adam lives in West London.