The Good Doctor; SIGNED 1st/1st

Galgut, Damon

ISBN 10: 1843542013 / ISBN 13: 9781843542018

Published by Atlantic Books, 2003

About this Item

Signed by Damon Galgut to the title page. Shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize. A fine copy of a first edition, first impression paperback original in a near fine, unclipped dustjacket) All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery.

Seller Inventory # 013573

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good Doctor; SIGNED 1st/1st
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843542013
• ISBN 13: 9781843542018
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • ABE

About this title

Synopsis

'One of the best and weirdest novels I have read in a long while... There are traces of J M Coetzee and Graham Greene but Damon Galgut is a true original.' Geoff Dyer

'A truly remarkable novel, steeped in contemporary history, yet at the same time transcending it. I was enthralled by its intensity and the immediacy of every small twist and turn of the story' André Brink

When Laurence Waters arrives at his rural hospital posting, Frank is instantly suspicious. Laurence is everything Frank is not - young, optimistic and full of new schemes. The two become uneasy friends, while the rest of the staff in the deserted hospital view Laurence with a mixture of awe and mistrust.
The town beyond the hospital is also coping with new arrivals, and the return of old faces. The brigadier - a self-fashioned dictator from apartheid days - is rumoured still to be alive. And down at Mama's place, a group of soldiers have moved in with their malign commandant, a man Frank has met before and is keen to avoid. Laurence wants to help - but in a world where the past is demanding restitution from the present, his ill-starred idealism cannot last.

About the Author

DAMON GALGUT was born in Pretoria in 1963. He wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season, when he was seventeen. His other books include Small Circle of Beings, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, The Quarry and The Good Doctor. The Good Doctor was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Damon Galgut lives in Cape Town.