an intense read and at times a dense read.
Many of these stories are not for the faint-hearted – they are haunting stories that will echo and resonate in the head and the heart of the reader long after the book is returned to its shelf. The authenticity and unselfconsciousness of the narrative unveils a kind of purity of intention, an innocence of sorts, on the part of the author. This is not some elaborate literary device. Nott, in an unguarded, innocent and tender way, reveals his internal psychological world, carrying the reader through his sometimes epic war stories.
an unselfconscious, unpretentious account of why does what he does. It is a compelling depiction of humanity – of the terrible acts of barbarity and the astounding acts of compassion we humans are capable of. This is the story of a surgeon who has worked in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones from besieged Sarajevo to rebel-held Aleppo. 'One of the most brutally vivid evocations of modern warfare that you will read. Since 2015, the foundation he set up with his wife, Elly, has disseminated the knowledge he has gained, training other doctors in the art of saving lives threatened by bombs and bullets. Doctors on the ground needed to learn how to treat the appalling injuries that war inflicts upon its victims. But as time went on, David Nott began to realize that flying into a catastrophe - whether war or natural disaster - was not enough. But he has also volunteered in areas blighted by natural disasters, such as the earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal.ĭriven both by compassion and passion, the desire to help others and the thrill of extreme personal danger, he is now widely acknowledged to be the most experienced trauma surgeon in the world. The conflicts he has worked in form a chronology of twenty-first-century combat: Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur, Congo, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Gaza and Syria. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993, to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out life-saving operations and field surgery in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major London teaching hospital. 'Brave, compassionate and inspiring - it left me in floods of tears' - Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurtįor more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world's most dangerous war zones. A powerful and intensely moving memoir by an NHS surgeon who volunteered in war zones, operating under the most extreme circumstances.
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