by Frank Yerby · Ediciones GP · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401434600
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«La serpiente y el palo» is a historical novel by Frank Yerby, published by Ediciones GP in paperback (319 pages, in Spanish).
It narrates the life of Duncan Childers, a man who rises from the poor neighborhoods of New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century to become a prestigious surgeon invited to Vienna. His ascent has a price in the form of tormented relationships and renunciations. When he tries to return to his origins, he faces a yellow fever epidemic, a heart operation, and a hostile community.
Work originally published in English as The Serpent and the Staff in 1959; this Spanish edition is from 1973 and belongs to the Reno Collection, number 460.
For readers of historical fiction and fiction set in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.
Frank Garvin Yerby was an American writer, best known for his 1946 historical novel The Foxes of Harrow.
