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A Paper MaskISBN-0-533 28501 7
A nailbiting thriller in the tradition of "Ripley's Game". Hospital orderly Matthew Harris is every bit as smart as the junior doctors he works alongside. He's also trapped, bored, ambitious and ruthless. When a medical intern dies, Matthew assumes his identity and takes the dead man's next job, on the far side of the country, as a junior Emergency Room physician. As the deception starts to unravel, the young nurse who falls for him is the one person standing between the newly-minted bogus doctor and the exposure of his lethal charade.
"Newcomer of the year. .... with complete believability the plot keeps twisting right up to the final words" Time magazine
"First Rate... Fast paced and entertaining... Great technical panache" - Newsweek
"John Collee has a masterful hand at narrative and a fast sure pro style... His work is clear, artfully unaddorned, and paced like a race hose" - News Day
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John Collee is a doctor, novelist and screenwriter, best known for "Happy Feet" and "Master and Commander"
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In this relentless "medical chiller," the author of Kingsley's Touch exploits the notion that "we're all pretending to be more competent than we actually are." Matthew Harris, bored with life as a London hospital orderly, takes on the identity of the recently deceased Dr. Simon Hennessy; with little more than the expired doctor's resume to carry him, he successfully interviews for an emergency-room position in distant Bristol. Only the unwitting assistance of a more-than-capable nurse enables the bogus Dr. Hennessey to maintain his gruesome charade through hair-raising emergency-room sessions. Reck less lies piled on well-calculated ones set the charlatan on a careening course that forces him to take more desperate action. The author's experience as a medical practitioner supplies a wealth of knowledgeable detail and adds a sense of hor rifying possibility to this gripping account of twisted hospital procedures. Literary Guild alternate.
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- PublisherBantam
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0553285017
- ISBN 13 9780553285017
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages281
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A Paper Mask
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Bantam/Doubleday, 1990
ISBN 10: 0553285017
ISBN 13: 9780553285017
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MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. Condition: Used; Good. Bantam/Doubleday. Used; Good. Bantam 1990 MMP. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers have moderate wear. Spine is tight. Book Condition: Good . 1990. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. Seller Inventory # 9780553285017
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Cover Illustrated By Alan Ayers (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Matthew Harris, a bored and dissatisfied London hospital orderly, thinks he can do as well as the doctors and gets his chance when a doctor dies after applying for an emergency room position in distant Bristol. Wear at edges, reading creases, one page dog eared, lightly rubbed. Size: 4 1/8" x 6 7/8". PAPERBACK. Seller Inventory # 011064
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35. Seller Inventory # G0553285017I3N00
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