Brain

by Robin Cook

Overview

Two doctors place their lives in jeopardy to find out why a young woman died on the operating table-and had her brain secretly removed.

"Absorbing...provocative." (Houston Chronicle)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101209028
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/04/1982
Series:	A Medical Thriller
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	321 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robin Cook, M.D., is the author of more than thirty books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, Coma. He divides his time among Florida, New Hampshire, and Boston. His most recent novels include Host, Cell, and Nano.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Absorbing...provocative."—The Houston Chronicle

Editorial Reviews

What the devil is going on here?....What's going on here is the very cleverly plotted new medical thriller by Robin Cook....Unfortunately, toward the end, when Dr. Cook takes the action of his thriller outside of the hospital, he loses control of the story completely. On top of that, the solution to what's going on in ''Brain'' turns out to be a lesson on the threat of certain medical researchers with insufficient respect for humanity. And insult added to injury: we have to endure a postscript lecture arguing that the threat is real. Still, none of this is so bad that it wipes out the fun of the first two-thirds of the story. Maybe the thing to do with ''Brain'' is to read the first 200 pages, then make up your own ending. -- New York Times

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Absorbing...provocative.

Absorbing...provocative.

Houston Chronicle

Praise for Robin Cook and Brain:

“Absorbing... provocative.”—The Houston Chronicle

“Unnervingly plausible, deeply frightening.... The medical milieu is rendered with exquisite accuracy.”—Los Angeles Times

“A fast-paced, gripping thriller.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

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