TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>Histories</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 192 LP - 193 DO - 10.3399/bjgp18X695597 VL - 68 IS - 669 AU - Maryam Naeem Y1 - 2018/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/68/669/192.2.abstract N2 - Sam Guglani Riverrun Press, 2017, HB, 128pp, £20.00, 978-1786483805Delicious is not a word that normally springs to mind when describing a book but consultant oncologist Sam Guglani’s debut novel is just that: delicious. Despite wanting to devour each chapter I deliberately slowed down to savour every word, every morsel, of this poetic, poignant, and charged novel.Histories is — as the title states — a collection of stories set within one hospital over 1 week with each chapter offering a different perspective, and many of the substories interlinking. We are privy to the inner thoughts of the experienced, weathered, alone but not lonely consultant physician Dr Bhatia — or ‘Bat-yer’, the new but not-so-new consultant oncologist Dr Emily Carroll still orienting herself to this new role, wondering why after reaching the highest rung on the … ER -