By Henry MarshJonathan Cape (Part of the Vintage group)£16.99 (hardback)And Finally by Henry Marsh. THE neurosurgeon's fantastically candid best-selling book Do No Harm has become a textbook reference for would-be medics and a fascinating insight for the rest of us into the life and death decision-making process of a doctor at the top of his game. Marsh is, if anything, even more candid in this revelatory meditation on mortality, sparked by a diagnosis of advanced cancer. He observes that in 40 years as a neurosurgeon, he lived "in a world filled with fear and suffering, death and cancer". An awareness of how precious life is has always been at the heart of his work.

Source: The Times October 30, 2023 16:49 UTC