The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee

Publisher: Scribner; 1 edition (November 16, 2010)
Language: English, 592 pages
ISBN-10: 1439107955

The brilliance of this book is the effortlessness with which the author draws the reader into the world of cancer and keeps him there as a tourist or witness. Dr. Mukherjee's engaging style, precision of prose and overwhelming compassion imbue this work with an energy that carries the reader along a ride like none other.

Whether the reader is a basic scientist or sociologist, a patient or healthcare provider, a philosopher or philanderer, this book will appeal, entertain and educate.

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer