Inside the Bone Box

AS HE TIPTOED HIS WAY THROUGH THE TWISTING PATHS OF SULCI AND FISSURES AND VENTRICLES, HE’ D PLAY BACH, SOMETHING AUSTERE YET DYNAMIC.

Nicholas Anderton is a highly respected neurosurgeon at the top of his field. But behind the successful faç ade all is not well. Tormented by a toxic marriage, and haunted by past mistakes, Anderton has been eating to forget. His wife, meanwhile, has turned to drink.

There are sniggers behind closed doors – how can a surgeon be fat, they whisper; when mistakes are made and his old adversary Nash steps in to take advantage Anderton knows things are coming to a head...

Anthony Ferner is a former professor of international business and is published widely in nonfiction in his field. He has one other published novella, Winegarden.