by Damon Galgut · Atlantic Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781782396246
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«The Good Doctor» is the literary fiction novel by Damon Galgut, published by Atlantic Books in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Frank, a veteran doctor in a rundown rural hospital, instantly distrusts the young Laurence Waters, optimistic and full of plans. An uneasy friendship develops between them, while the rest of the staff watch the newcomer with astonishment and suspicion, in a post-apartheid South Africa where the past haunts the present.
The novel was originally published in 2003 and won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best book in Africa; this edition is from 2015.
For readers of literary fiction and contemporary narrative, and for reading groups interested in post-apartheid South Africa.
Damon Galgut is a South African novelist and playwright. He was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise, having previously been shortlisted for the award in 2003 and 2010.
