Doctor on the Boil is a 1970 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon.[1] Bored with his retirement, Sir Lancelot Spratt returns to St Swithan's Hospital to resume his work and disturbs almost everyone else there.

Doctor on the Boil
First edition
AuthorRichard Gordon
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDoctor series
GenreComedy
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1970
Media typePrint
Preceded byLove and Sir Lancelot 
Followed byDoctor on the Brain 

References edit

  1. ^ Pringle p.227

Bibliography edit

  • Pringle, David. Imaginary People: A Who's who of Fictional Characters from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. Scolar Press, 1996.