Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas

Festive Diaries from the Creator of This Is Going to Hurt

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Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas

By: Adam Kay

Narrated by: Adam Kay

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About this listen

The number one Sunday Times bestseller.

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a short gift book of festive diaries from the author of multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt.

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat . . . but 1.4 million NHS staff are heading off to work. In this perfect present for anyone who has ever set foot in a hospital, Adam Kay delves back into his diaries for a hilarious, horrifying and sometimes heartbreaking peek behind the blue curtain at Christmastime.

This is a love letter to all those who spend their festive season on the front line, removing babies and baubles from the various places they get stuck, at the most wonderful time of the year.

'The perfect surgical stocking-filler' - The Times

Medical

Professionals & Academics

Funny

Witty

Winter

Christmas

Feel-Good

Heartfelt

Thought-Provoking

Comedy

Funny Christmas

Christmas Nonfiction

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Critic reviews

Sunday Times humour book of the year

The perfect surgical stocking filler. Jokes galore. This little book will no doubt cheer up the many readers who find it under their tree

Very, very funny (Graham Norton)

Beyond hilarious . . . A small-but-perfectly formed follow-up to This is Going to Hurt, this Christmas-themed delight continues to capture the dark humour and dedicated work of NHS professionals everywhere

A funny, poignant snapshot of humanity

Will have you crying with laughter

Contains Kay’s unique alchemy of medical insight and cynical wit

Hilarious and heartbreaking

The funniest book of 2019

Kay's fans will be delighted to discover that it is entirely as revolting, funny and moving as the first

Matchless stories . . . funny, disgusting and moving

Most relevant

Adam Kay is a loss to the NHS, however he is an immense writer and this book does not disappoint.
Who knew that Mars bar wrappers were contraception......
I look forward to his next literary offering 😂