{"product_id":"the-leopard-in-my-house-9781529941036","title":"The Leopard in my House : One man’s adventures in cancerland","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘I 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mark Steel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBiography: arts \u0026amp; entertainment, Memoirs, Oncology, Popular medicine \u0026amp; health, Coping with illness \u0026amp; specific conditions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 Feb 2026 by Ebury Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mark Steel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319816528250,"sku":"9781529941036","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781529941036.jpg?v=1790634550","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/it\/products\/the-leopard-in-my-house-9781529941036","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}