It began life as Peter Bennett's journal, a straight-forward account of his experiences as a patient on the ward of a typical NHS hospital in the course of several extended visits starting in 2018.It gradually morphed into something rather different.It became an ever more complex and interesting book; emerging as a vivid, unflinching, by turns painful, angry, moving and hilarious memoir of this time.This is a story filled with touching and comical memories and incidents.It gives unblinking insights into the reality of the NHS today, showing how it functions and sometimes fails to function.It is partly a state-of-the-nation piece but is also far more than this.It is something richer and more substantive, offering the reader a fragmentary autobiography, a colourful recollection of Peter’s life as a successful lawyer and failed comedian. And ultimately it is a guide of sorts for those coming of age today, and a source of wit and wisdom for anyone shrewd enough to seek out, or fortunate enough to stumble upon, this richly entertaining book.It is a deeply personal, accessible, moving and wise piece of work.