Works
- The Houseman's Tale (1975)
- Edinburgh: Canongate ISBN 0-903937-04-2
- The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime (1977)
- Edinburgh: Canongate ISBN 0-903937-38-7
- Bleeders Come First (1979)
- Edinburgh: Canongate ISBN 0-903937-68-9
- Wellies from the Queen (1981)
- London: Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-143760-1
- A Cure for Living (1983)
- London: Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-151320-0
- For Services to Medicine (1985)
- London: Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-159540-1
- Ethics Made Easy (1985)
- Mainstream ISBN 1-85158-014-X
- Hazards of the Profession (1987)
- Mainstream ISBN 1-85158-065-4
A last much larger novel covered a longer timespan and was well-received as a more serious work than the earlier series.
- Sickness & Health (1991)
- London: Heinnemann ISBN 0-434-20424-2
Under his real name he has contributed to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's speechwriting team.
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