Doc Hollywood

by Neil B. Shulman

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449147495
• ISBN13: 9780449147498
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.

Customer Reviews

You've seen the movie, now read the book

Though the book is not well known, the movie is. This book is the basis of the movie 'Doc Hollywood' starring Michael J. Fox. This is a novel of big city yankee doctor meets small town southern society and hilarity ensues. Shulman's humor is dry at times, but very warm. His best characters tend to be the small ones such as the mechanic and the mayor's daughter, but the entire book is just full of charm and humor. Highly recommended.

This Book Changed My LIfe!

I absolutely loved this book. Being a friend of Patch's it was truely inspirational. I recommend buying it!

A hilarious account of life in the deep South

First off, this book is a hundred times better than the horrible movie they made out of it. This is the story of a young doctor on his to way to L.A. from Miami to do his residency. On the way, his car breaks down in a small town in Alabama. When the townsfolk learn that he is a doctor, they plead with him to help at their woefully understaffed hospital. This book is hilarious and poignant at turns. There are numerous hilarious situations involving the townspeople at the hospital, the funniest involving a traveling circus that gets the flu. But Shulman also shows a town that is in serious decline and unwilling to die without a fight. A great book.