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Dr. John Berry, the protagonist, is a pathologist working in Boston during the 1960s, a time when abortion was illegal in the United States. The story opens with an introduction of the various requirements and challenges of the medical profession during the era.
- Michael Crichton
- 1968
A Case of Need looks at the ethics involved when a youngster captures the attention of journalists and receives a new liver and a large amount of cash, while another child with an equal...
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Informed by his time as a med student at Harvard, Crichton wrote A Case of Need while still attending classes—he graduated in 1969, the very year of his Edgar win. He wrote the novel as Jeffery Hudson, using yet another pen name because at that point in his life, he still planned on practicing medicine and did not want any future patients to worry ...
The other nominees for Best Novel were Peter Dickinson for A Glass-Sided Ants’ Nest, Dick Francis for Blood Sport, Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross for God Speed the Night, Heron Carvic for...Like Ira Levin’s novel before it in the previous year, Roman Polanski’s film adaptation of Rosemary’s Baby was also destined for runner-up status, as the Best Motion Picture award went to the no-le...The incredible P.D. James was nominated for her first Edgar Award for her short story “Moment of Power.” James would go on to be nominated five more times for Edgar Awards throughout her illustriou...Prolific British writer John Creasey, author of a mindbending 600+ novels, was named Grand Master.Join us again next Friday when Larry Clow looks at 1970’s Best Novel, Forfeitby Dick Francis. See you then! A special thanks goes out to The Mysterious Bookshop for donating many of the review copies of the award-winning books. For the latest on all new releases, as well as classic books for your collections, make sure to sign up for their newslett...
A Case of Need is a medical thriller/mystery novel written by Michael Crichton, his fourth novel and the only under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson. It was first published in 1968 by The World Publishing Company (New York) and won an Edgar Award in 1969.
In the tightly knit world of Boston medicine, the Randall family reigns supreme. When heart surgeon J. D. Randall’s teenage daughter dies during a botched abortion, the medical community threatens to explode.
- Blake Edwards
- March 29, 1972
- PG
- 1 hrs. 41 min.
A Case of Need is a mystery novel written by Michael Crichton under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson. It was first published in 1968 by The World Publishing Company (New York) and won an Edgar Award in 1969.
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The Carey Treatment is a 1972 American crime thriller film directed by Blake Edwards and starring James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Dan O'Herlihy and Pat Hingle. The film was based on the 1968 novel A Case of Need credited to Jeffery Hudson, a pseudonym for Michael Crichton.
