The Leopard in my House - One man's adventures in cancerland

''I feel like there''s a leopard in my house, locked in a room. I''ve contacted the leopard authorities and they assure me they are used to dealing with leopards like this, and they have a plan for removing the leopard. It will take a while, though, and once in a while I can hear it growl. And that''s all very reassuring. Even so, several times a day I think to myself: ''Hang on, there''s a leopard in my house.'''' One morning, while shaving, the comedian Mark Steel noticed that one side of his neck seemed larger than the other. After a whistlestop tour of assorted medical professionals, a consultant delivered the ominous words that would define the next months of his life: ''I''m afraid it''s not good news, Mr Steel''. And so began a journey into the heart of the NHS, as he embarked on the long and uncertain road to cancer recovery via a range of mildly torturous and entirely miraculous treatments. What, if anything, might he learn about himself - and our capacity for coping with life when times get tough - as he becomes part of a club that one in two British people will ultimately join? A frank and funny diary of one man''s rather trying year, this is an unforgettable and uplifting story of getting ill, getting on with it, and getting better.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Steel, Steel Mark
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2025
• EAN: 9781529941029
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-4102-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art; MEDICAL / Public Health, Popular medicine & health, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), Popular medicine and health, Biography: arts and entertainment, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Coping with / advice about cancer