This particular book jogged a lot of memories for me. I
joined the ambulance service just a couple of years after the author, and
despite being in a different part of the country, and on a rural station, I
immediately recognised the characters, the situations, and the practical jokes. Ambulance people are
the same everywhere.
The easy style of writing coupled with an accurate depiction
of ambulance life at that time made me wallow in nostalgia. Anyone interested
in true life books should find this a must read, it is slightly sanitised for
public consumption, but believe me, you get an inkling of what the bad stuff is
all about. The funny stuff does happen, frequently. His colleagues? Yep, them
too, all real, and those types of characters are still in the service.
All in all I enjoyed reading this immensely, and will shortly
go and get the sequel.
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