Synopsis
"Absence" sees the National Health Service through the eyes of Nick Page, a young doctor in free fall into despair. Beneath the comic surface is a serious investigation into human nature -- its desires, its prejudices, its unhappiness -- and the various absences that haunt and intoxicate it.It is a rare book which combines real humour with sustained intellectual inquiry.
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About the Author
Raymond Tallis is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester, and has published over 150 research papers, articles and textbooks. He is the author of several highly praised critiques of post- structuralism and well-received explorations of the philosophy of mind. His recent Enemies of Hope brings together the many strands of his thought. The Raymond Tallis reader is to be published shortly by Macmillan. Professor Tallis has published several volumes of verse and his short s tories have been published in leading journals. ABSENCE is his first novel.
Review
"Tallis^Òs sense of wonder about the world is so acute that it gives him an astonishing sense of energy." -- FINANCIAL TIMES, London
The central character "reminds one of Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H*. He battles with a sense of self-righteous humour." -- THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
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