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.
| ISBN: | 9781843542025 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 2004 |
| Author: | Damon Galgut |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Relationships and families: advice and issues |
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.
The Good Doctor features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Relationships and families: advice and issues
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The Good Doctor was written by Damon Galgut and published by Atlantic Books
The Good Doctor has 216 pages