Hard Roll is a blunt account of life as a paramedic in New Orleans. McCarthy explores things from the events of a disciplinary meeting to an array of day-to-day emergency cases. The bromance with his partner was entertaining and was clearly important, and I can imagine this kept them both from spiralling. 

The writing style is brutally honest but respectful of those involved. McCarthy did a great job providing an overview of the job, while providing insight into the dark humour that I can imagine is most definitely needed to get through a job like this. 

I found this on the Audible Plus catalogue and figured I'd give it a go but I wasn't expecting to be as engrossed as I was. I like Adam Kay's books and I would say this has a similar writing style.