And Finally: Matters of Life and Death

"His book is an attempt to understand the questions, if not to come up with answers."

"This is a very British book: in the US such a compendium of self-deprecation would doom any literary and elder-statesman ambitions ..."

"Henry Marsh may have retired from medicine but let's hope he keeps producing books as good as this one, which enthral as well as teach."

"And Finally offers a tender, at times apologetic account of a doctor-turned-patient whose chronic disease and awareness of the inevitability of death are compellingly navigated: first denial and anxiety, then acceptance and coping, ultimately gratitude for every moment gifted."

"By sharing his findings, And Finally will no doubt prompt others to contemplate their own existence and, more importantly, recognize what is truly worth living for."

"There is nothing depressing about this book."

"Marsh's narrative of his journey should be required reading in medical schools, but the reach of Finally is broader and deeper than a first-person account of a doctor's journey through denial, diagnosis, and acceptance."

"A vividly wry and honest ..."

"He produces marvellous facts...while emphasising how little is known about how our grey matter actually works ..."

"The conclusion finds him still alive and, readers will hope, writing another book ..."