{"product_id":"the-leopard-in-my-house-mark-steel-9781529941029","title":"The Leopard in My House: One Man's Adventures in Cancerland","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Relentlessly funny' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI feel like there's a leopard in my house, locked in a room. I've contacted the leopard authorities and they assure me they are used to dealing with leopards like this, and they have a plan for removing the leopard. It will take a while, though, and once in a while I can hear it growl.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd that's all very reassuring. Even so, several times a day I think to myself: \"Hang on, there's a leopard in my house.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning, while shaving, the comedian Mark Steel noticed that one side of his neck seemed larger than the other. After a whistlestop tour of assorted medical professionals, a consultant delivered the ominous words that would define the next months of his life: 'I'm afraid it's not good news, Mr Steel'.\u003cbr\u003eAnd so began a journey into the heart of the NHS, as he embarked on the long and uncertain road to cancer recovery via a range of mildly torturous and entirely miraculous treatments. What, if anything, might he learn about himself - and our capacity for coping with life when times get tough - as he becomes part of a club that one in two British people will ultimately join?\u003cbr\u003eA frank and funny diary of one man's rather trying year, this is an unforgettable and uplifting story of getting ill, getting on with it, and getting better.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Steel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529941024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529941029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ebury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Mark Steel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46670631469311,"sku":"9781529941029","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-leopard-in-my-house-mark-steel-9781529941029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}