Reminiscent of chekhovs stories the blood of strangers is a visceral portrayal of a physicians encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room in this collection of spare and elegant stories dr frank huyler reveals a side of medicine where small moments the intricacy of suturing a facial wound the bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter interweave with . The blood of strangers book review the blood of strangers by frank huyler is a series of short stories that offers a different side to the lives of physicians and patients that most people dont expect to see as someone who wants to go into the medical professional i believe that i learned quite a lot from reading this book. Book description reminiscent of chekhovs storiesthe blood of strangersis a visceral portrayal of a physicians encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency roomin this collection of spare and elegant stories dr frank huyler reveals a side of medicine where small moments the intricacy of suturing a facial wound the bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter . Frank huyler berkeley and los angeles university of california press 1999 154 pages gbp1250 hc i did my best matching up the creases of his skin easing the bright half moon of the needle in and out daubing away the dark blood that rose in little balls from the needle point tying my . Hailed by the boston globe as a compact faceted gem that shines with intelligence this remarkable and fascinating book offers an honest startling deeply moving depiction of the modern emergency roomthe twenty eight vignettes in the blood of strangers all written by a young er physician and writer based in albuquerque new mexico seamlessly juxtapose visceral portrayals of real and