Adventures in Two Worlds

Adventures in Two Worlds - an autobiographical novel by A J Cronin, creator of television''s Dr Finlay and author of The Citadel and many other bestsellers.

A master storyteller, A J Cronin presents possibly his most fascinating tale. Taking material directly from his own life, he tells of the early struggles of a poor medical student in Scotland, the cruel crushing of all hopes of becoming a surgeon, the years as a ship''s doctor and, later, life in the country practice that was the real Tannochbrae.

There are many strange twists and turns - not the least of them the dramatic move from the world of medicine into that of literature when a novel ''written despairingly on twopenny exercise books, thrown out and rescued from the rubbish heap'' was accepted by a publisher. And with Hatter''s Castle a new career was born.