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by Robin Cook

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Thriller chiller that grips from the start (

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chicjohn | Dec 3, 2009 |

Will def. read again! (

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Bookwormliss | Sep 16, 2009 |

A good yarn when waiting on a a connecting flight (

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ChristopherTurner | Feb 17, 2009 |

Probably the first medical mystery-Robin Cook started the genre (I think). This is a classic (

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Canonical Title

Coma

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People/Characters

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Boston Memorial Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Massachusetts, USA

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Related movies

Coma (1978 | tt0077355)

Awards and honors

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1977)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults (1977)

Epigraph

Dedication

In memory of my father, recognition of my mother, and thanks to Sharron.

First words

Nancy Greenly lay on the operating table on her back, staring up at the large kettledrum-shaped lights in operating room No. 8, trying to be calm.

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Coma (novel)

Robin Cook (American novelist)

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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0451159535, Paperback)

"Gripping...terrifying." (The New York Times)

"Strikes a deafening chord of terror." (The Washington Post)

The book that put Cook on the bestseller lists, Coma is the gripping story of patients who check into a hospital for "minor" surgery-and never wake up again...

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