Adam Kay This Is Going to Hurt & Undoctored 2 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
This Is Going to Hurt
Undoctored

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Picador, Trapeze

Overview
Adam Kay's blackly funny memoirs of British medicine arrive together in this paperback set. This Is Going to Hurt is the multi-million-copy diary of a junior doctor, charting brutal 97-hour weeks and the gallows humor that keeps hospital staff sane. Undoctored, the number-one Sunday Times bestselling follow-up, picks up after Kay left clinical work, tracing medical school, burnout, and the human cost of leaving a career he once loved. Together they trace the full arc of a doctor's life, told with the honesty and compassion that made Kay one of Britain's most-read memoirists.

About the Books
This Is Going to Hurt began as the secret diary Adam Kay kept during six years of hospital training, and it reads exactly like that: raw, immediate, and often very funny. Entry by entry, Kay walks readers through impossible night shifts, absurd hospital politics, and the split-second decisions that separate ordinary days from tragedies. The book became a genuine publishing phenomenon, adapted into a BBC comedy-drama, precisely because it refuses to sanitize what working in the NHS actually feels like. Undoctored picks up where the diary left off, asking what happens to a doctor after he stops practicing medicine. Kay traces his path from medical school through the event that ultimately pushed him out of clinical work, then widens the lens to the pressures facing the health service today. It blends rapid-fire jokes with reflective, sometimes uncomfortable honesty about guilt and burnout. Read as a pair, the two books form a complete portrait: the frontline chaos of training in This Is Going to Hurt, followed by the harder questions in Undoctored of why doctors leave and what that costs everyone. Fans of medical memoir, NHS-set drama, or sharp comic writing anchored in real stakes will find both books equally rewarding.

Key Benefits

• Complete two-book arc: read the training years and the after-NHS years back to back
• Written by Adam Kay, the multi-million-copy bestselling author behind the BBC series
• Sharp, laugh-out-loud comic writing balanced with genuine emotional weight
• Brand new paperback set, ideal for gifting to memoir and medical-drama fans
• Great for book clubs, healthcare workers, or students of medicine
• Compact paperback format perfect for commutes, hospital breaks, or bedtime reading

Book-by-Book Guide
This Is Going to Hurt — Adam Kay's diary of a junior doctor lays bare the punishing hours, dark humor, and heartbreak of NHS hospital life. Undoctored — Kay's follow-up traces his path from medical school to life after leaving clinical practice, confronting burnout and the state of modern healthcare.

About the Author
Adam Kay is a British comedian, screenwriter, and former junior doctor who worked in NHS hospitals for six years before leaving medicine after a traumatic delivery room incident. His diaries became This Is Going to Hurt, a multi-million-copy bestseller adapted into a BBC comedy-drama starring Ben Whishaw. He followed it with Undoctored, a number-one Sunday Times bestseller reflecting on life after the NHS. Kay continues to write for television and tour with live shows blending comedy and candid reflections on medicine.

Why You'll Love This Collection
This set delivers Adam Kay's full range: gut-punch laughter alongside genuine heartbreak, together in one collection. It's a natural gift for healthcare workers, medical students, book clubs, or anyone who loved the BBC series—a memorable birthday, holiday season, or thank-you-doctor gift that sparks conversation long after the last page.

Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.