The sequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed The House of God Years after the events of
The House of God the Fat Man has been given leadership over the new Future of Medicine Clinic
at what used to be Man's Best Hospital but has sunk to an embarrassing 4th and has persuaded
Dr. Roy Basch and some of his cohorts to join him in teaching a new generation of interns and
residents. In a medical landscape dominated by computer screens and corrupted by money they
have one goal: to make medicine humane again. What follows is a mesmerizing heartbreaking
and hilarious exploration of how the health-care industry and especially doctors have evolved
over the past thirty years.
