Michael Crichton’s debut novel, written under the pseudonym Jeffrey Hudson. Trade cloth edition in very good condition. Dust jacket with intact price point. Mylar cover included. Not a first edition, but a lovely reading copy.
“Morality must keep up with technology because if a person is faced with the choice of being moral and dead or immoral and alive, they’ll choose life every time.'‘
A Case of Need is Michael Crichton’s award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center, the tensions flare—and explode—when a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder.
Michael Crichton’s debut novel, written under the pseudonym Jeffrey Hudson. Trade cloth edition in very good condition. Dust jacket with intact price point. Mylar cover included. Not a first edition, but a lovely reading copy.
“Morality must keep up with technology because if a person is faced with the choice of being moral and dead or immoral and alive, they’ll choose life every time.'‘
A Case of Need is Michael Crichton’s award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center, the tensions flare—and explode—when a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder.
ISBN 0-525-93802-8
Michael Crichton
1968
Edgar Award Winner 1969
