I am not a very regular novel reader & this is not my first novel I read. But this is the first review I am writing here.ROBIN COOK's "Foreign Body" - *** [3/5 stars]
Robin Cook proves yet again how can a thrilling novel be written keeping Medicine as the core subject. The novel also involves Indian Medical Tourism, which made me curious to read this novel. If you havenot read it, you have missed a holly-bollywood movie inspirable novel.
Ms. Jennifer Hernandez, a fourth year medical student at University of California at Los Angeles gets stunned when she watches news on CNN channel about the death of her grandmother during post-operative period. She dares to travel to India to deal with the dead body of her beloved grandmother only to reveal the darkest secret of the plot to destroy Medical Tourism in India. When she finds herself in the middle of the web of Indian Government & the Cruel Corporate world, the saviors are none other than Dr. Laurie Montgomery & Dr. Jack Stapleton, famous characters whom Robin Cook never forgets to mention.
The idea of killing people using succinyl choline overdosage is another interesting point which will always remind me of the hyperthermia/hyperkalemia/respiratory paralysis as its dreaded side effects. I would advise any medical student to read this novel. Interesting & Thrilling. I never imagined killing of an american girl in midst of Chandni Chowk Bazaar of India being mentioned in an English novel. Read it for a wonderful fusion of Indo-American fiction.
Ultimately, Dr. Hernandez ends up as a surgery resident in University of California @ LA:-)
Sort of inspiration;-)
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