The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor
Damon Galgut
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Summary
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker, The Good Doctor is a powerful tale of a friendship overshadowed by betrayal, set against the tawdry hopes and disappointments of a post-apartheid South Africa
'The Good Doctor will be seen as one of the great literary triumphs of South Africa's transition... by a novelist of great and growing power.' -- Rian Malan, author of My Traitor's Heart
Laurence Waters arrives at his rural hospital postingfull of optimism. Frank, the disgruntled deputy, is forced to share his room with the new arrival but is determined to stay out of Laurence's ambitious schemes. When the dilapidated hospital is looted, the two men find themselves uneasy allies in a world where the past is demanding restitution from the present.
Product Description
Title - The Good Doctor
Edition -
Author - Damon Galgut
ISBN 13 - 9781843542025
Imprint - Atlantic Books
Publisher - Atlantic Books
Date Published - 10/06/2004
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 17mm
Weight - 222 g
Languages - English