The good doctor

Description

A taut, intense tale of the dashed hopes of the post-apartheid era and the small betrayals that doom a friendship, The Good Doctor is an extraordinary parable of the corruption of the flesh and spirit. It assures Damon Galgut's place as a major international talent. When Laurence Waters arrives at his new post at a deserted rural hospital, staff physician Frank Eloff is instantly suspicious. Laurence is everything Frank is not - young, optimistic, and full of big ideas. The whole town is beset with new arrivals and the return of old faces. Frank reestablishes a liaison with a woman, one which will have unexpected consequences. A self-made dictator from apartheid days is rumored to be active in cross-border smuggling and a group of soldiers has moved in to track him, led by a man from Frank's own dark past. Laurence sees only possibilities - but in a world where the past is demanding restitution from the present, his ill-starred idealism cannot last.

Subjects

Genres

• Fiction.

Other Editions

• The good doctorGrove Press2004-01-01
• The good doctorAtlantic2003-01-01
• The good doctorGrove Press2003-01-01
• The good doctorText (large print)RB Large Print2004-01-01
• The Good DoctorPaperbackMcClelland & Stewart2004-01-01
• The Good DoctorPaperbackGrove Press2004-09-07