The Doctor Is Sick

The Doctor Is Sick
First UK edition
AuthorAnthony Burgess
LanguageEnglish
GenreComic novel
PublisherHeinemann (UK)
W. W. Norton (US)
Publication date
1960
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages261 pages

The Doctor Is Sick is a 1960 novel by Anthony Burgess.

According to his autobiography, Burgess composed the book in just six weeks. He wrote it after his return to England from Brunei in a burst of literary activity that also produced Devil of a State, A Clockwork Orange, The Right to an Answer and several other works.