The Good Doctor

'The Good Doctor will be seen as one of the great literary triumphs of South Africa's transition... by a novelist of great and growing power.' Rian Malan, author of My Traitor's Heart

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, The Good Doctor, The Impostor and In A Strange Room. The Good Doctor was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Dublin/IMPAC Award, The Impostor was also shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and In a Strange Room was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2021 The Promise won the Booker Prize. He lives in Cape Town.

Summary

'The Good Doctor will be seen as one of the great literary triumphs of South Africa's transition... by a novelist of great and growing power.' Rian Malan, author of My Traitor's Heart

Foreword

'The Good Doctor will be seen as one of the great literary triumphs of South Africa's transition... by a novelist of great and growing power.' Rian Malan, author of My Traitor's Heart

Product details

• Authors: Damon Galgut
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2015
• EAN: 9781782396246
• ISBN: 978-1-78239-624-6
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 195 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Republic of South Africa, Family & relationships, Narrative theme: Sense of place, African History