The Good Doctor [Signed 1st Printing]

Galgut, Damon

ISBN 10: 0771032730 / ISBN 13: 9780771032738

Published by McClelland & Stewart, M&S, Toronto, 2003

About this Item

1st printing of the first Canadian hardcover edition SIGNED by Galgut on the title page with a black fountain pen. Full black cloth with gold titles and white endpapers. Galgut's fifth novel, it focuses on a doctor's struggle with his conscience in a rural hospital in post-apartheid South Africa. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003. Galgut won the Booker in 2021 for his novel The Promise. The Good Doctor is scarcely signed in any edition. This copy is tight with sharp corners and no markings by a previous owner. A small security label is affixed to the rear paste down, under the back flap. The jacket is bright and crisp with sharp edges and price intact. This copy's only blemishes are shallow, lengthy but unobtrusive indentations in the back panel of the jacket which are also visible on the back board. A first-run bookstore's Autographed by Author sticker is affixed to the front panel.

Seller Inventory # 002601

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good Doctor [Signed 1st Printing]
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, M&S, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0771032730
• ISBN 13: 9780771032738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

When Laurence Waters arrives at his rural hospital posting in a former homeland of the new South Africa, Frank, a fellow doctor there, is instantly suspicious. Laurence is everything Frank is not – young, optimistic, and full of new schemes. The two become uneasy friends, while the rest of the meagre staff in the deserted hospital view Laurence with a mixture of awe and mistrust.

The tired, ghostly town beyond the hospital is also coping with new arrivals, and the return of old faces. The Brigadier, a self-fashioned dictator from apartheid days, is rumoured to be still alive. And down at Mama’s Place, the town’s only watering hole, a group of soldiers have moved in with their malign commandant, a man Frank has met before and is keen to avoid for his own dark reasons. Laurence wants to help – but in a world where the past is demanding restitution from the present, his ill-starred idealism cannot last.

About the Author

Published now for the first time in Canada, Damon Galgut is a playwright and author of several novels and short story collections. His debut novel, A Sinless Season, published when he was just seventeen, was a literary success. His other novels include The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, winner of the 1992 CNA Award, A Small Circle of Beings, and The Quarry, which was made into a feature film that won the award for Best Film at the 1998 Montreal Film Festival. His plays include Echoes of Angers, Party for Mother, Alive and Kicking, and The Green’s Keeper.

Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria in 1963. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.