The Good Doctor: A Novel
Oct 2014 · Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
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"A lovely, lethal, disturbing novel" of the dashed hopes of post-apartheid South Africa and the small betrayals that doom a friendship ( The Guardian).
An extraordinary parable of the corruption of the flesh and spirit, The Good Doctor has inspired enthusiastic interest around the world and has assured 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 that 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.
"Galgut's prose, its gentle rhythms and straightforward sentences edging toward revelation, is utterly seductive and suspenseful . . . Galgut is a master of psychological tension. . . . Tragic and brilliant." — The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
An extraordinary parable of the corruption of the flesh and spirit, The Good Doctor has inspired enthusiastic interest around the world and has assured 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 that 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.
"Galgut's prose, its gentle rhythms and straightforward sentences edging toward revelation, is utterly seductive and suspenseful . . . Galgut is a master of psychological tension. . . . Tragic and brilliant." — The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"A lovely, lethal, disturbing novel" of the dashed hopes of post-apartheid South Africa and the small betrayals that doom a friendship ( The Guardian).
An extraordinary parable of the corruption of the flesh and spirit, The Good Doctor has inspired enthusiastic interest around the world and has...
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Damon Galgut is a South African 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 and The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs. His novel The Quarry was made into a film, which he himself co-scripted and which was released theatrically in 1998. He is also the author of the plays Echoes of Anger, Party for Mother, Alive and Kicking, and The Green's Keeper.
Damon Galgut is a South African 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 and The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs. His novel The Quarry was made into a film, which he himself co-scripted and which was rele...
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