I've read The Emperor of All Maladies. Overall I liked it a lot, but there are several long stretches with exceptionally boring material about the politics of c

I've read The Emperor of All Maladies. Overall I liked it a lot, but there are several long stretches with exceptionally boring material about the politics of competing philanthropic groups and things of that nature. While the fundraising side of cancer research is an important topic he spends far too much time on it. And he intersperses with contemporary "patient stories" from his practice that felt more like filler than relevant material. The book did not need to be 600 pages. That said the good parts are really good and it's worth putting up with the rest for them.