Praise for The Emperor of All Maladies:
A riveting book Profound, eloquent and searching Sunday Times
Masterly at the same time an encyclopedic history of scientific progress against history and a ripping yarn Guardian
Siddhartha Mukherjee, an oncologist, has a storytellers flair for placing the reader in whichever lab, ward or cellular process he describes, having us feel every clinical breakthrough and failure and the terror of unchecked cell growth Observer, '25 Best Books of the Century So Far'
The book that many will have been waiting for. This elegantly written overview allows us to look a once whispered-about illness squarely in the eye Independent
So beautifully written; this is literature, not popular science Evening Standard
Powerful and ambitious One of the most extraordinary stories in medicine New York Times Book Review
What a story full of quixotic characters, therapeutic triumphs and setbacks, and recent historical events with all the hubris and pathos of Greek tragedy Washington Post
Its hard to think of many books for a general audience that have rendered any area of modern science and technology with such intelligence, accessibility, and compassion New Yorker
Mukherjee brings an impressive balance of empathy and dispassion to this instantly essential piece of medical journalism Time
Now and then a writer comes along who helps us fathom both the intricacies of a scientific specialty and its human meaning. Lewis Thomas, Sherwin Nuland, and Oliver Sacks come to mind. Add to their company Siddhartha Mukherjee Elle
Rich and engrossing With the perceptiveness and patience of a true scientist, [ Mukherjee] begins to weave these individual threads into a coherent and engrossing narrative Economist
A meticulously researched, panoramic history [ Mukherjee] imbues decades of painstaking laboratory investigation with the suspense of a mystery novel and urgency of a thriller Boston Globe
