The opening chapter from Phil Whitaker’s new book, What Is a Doctor?, published by Canongate in July 2023. Chapter 1 – Medical Records I was seventeen and had not long passed my driving test. I helped my mum into the back of the car, her hands clutching a kitchen mixing bowl. It was the middle […]
What is a doctor
What Is a Doctor? by Dr. Phil Whitaker
What Is a Doctor? is the newest book from UEA alumnus Dr. Phil Whitaker and is published by Canongate this week. Phil graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 1996 and published his first novel Eclipse of the Sun in 1997. This went on to win the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a […]
