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Title: Bringing Out the Dead by Paul Schrader, Joe Bringing Out the Dead Connelly ISBN: 0-571-20489-9 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.35 (60 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Sobering view of paramedic's reality - a must-read
Comment: Joe Connelly graphically constructs the reality of 48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own. Connelly juxtaposes exacting details of the emergency medical treatment in Hell's Kitchen against the surreal world Frank occupies, populated by the images of the dead that haunt him. Many pages require sobering contemplation, much like driving by an automobile accident, then later realizing that the steering wheel was in the back seat of the wreckage. The main character's struggle between wishing to serve others and having no more in him to give provides a new appreciation for those that fight against the Grim Reaper daily and must deal with the consequences of losing. While the topic may put some off, they will miss out on one of the best written books this year.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great novel--dark, funny and fascinating.
Comment: I got interested in this book when I learned that Martin Scorsese dropped another movie project to get this book made into a movie and after reading the book you can understand why Scorsese wanted to make it and why Nicolas Cage agreed to star. This first novel by Joe Connelly is a real stunner. I haven't been as horrified and as humored by a novel since Joseph Wambaugh's "The Choirboys". And often you are laughing and cringing at the same time. The world of ambulance drivers is a new one for me (even though I work around them at times)and I suspect that Connelly --like Wambaugh-- wrote about actual experiences. His protagonist, Frank Pierce, is a complex character who is extremely likeable, but knows that even his goodwill is a limited resource. Connelly's writing is fluid throughout. It seems as if he is wrote directly from his stream of consciousness. It has been a long time since I put down a novel from time to time awestruck by what I just read. It has been a month since I burned through it and it still lingers in my mind. It IS dark but I've been recommending it to all my friends.
Rating: 5
Summary: highly recommended
Comment: An excellent book that became an excellent movie. I recommend this to every paramedic student I mentor. Connelly provides a look into the abyss that many of us in EMS have seen more than once.
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Title: Paramedic : On the Front Lines of Medicine by Peter Canning ISBN: 0804116148 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 28 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Crumbtown by Joe Connelly ISBN: 0375413642 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Rescue 471 : A Paramedic's Stories by Peter Canning ISBN: 0804118825 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title:Bringing Out the Dead ASIN: 079216587X Publisher: Paramount Studio Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.99 |
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Title: In the Arms of a Stranger : Stories from the Streets: My Life as a Paramedic by Dale J Bingham ISBN: 0595205925 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 11 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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