Brand New Catastrophe

“A very funny [memoir] about the frailties of the flesh, the absurdities of modern medicine, and how to stay sane amid it all” (Dave Eggers).
 
Raucous family memoir meets medical adventure in this “winning literary debut” that explores the public and private theaters of illness (The New York Times Book Review).
 
After a pituitary tumor bursts in Mike Scalise’s brain (diagnosed, by of all people ...