A review by theellabelle
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

5.0

An outstanding biography/history of cancer. Dr. Mukherjee has a gift for disseminating vast amounts of complex science and complicated biological and medical information in eloquent prose. His writing suffers only due to the subject of his book--it can be a challenge to keep all the doctors, researchers, biologists, genes, types of cancer, and medicines straight!--but overall, it is a mastery of non-fiction writing and for this layperson, was an absolutely fascinating and gripping book. The Emperor of All Maladies is a must read for anyone interested in modern medical science, cancer research, but most of all for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer.