Death and the Intern

Hanson-Finger, Jeremy

ISBN 10: 1926743911 / ISBN 13: 9781926743912

Published by Invisible Publishing, Halifax, NS, 2017

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INSCRIPTION FROM JEREMY HANSON-FINGER on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Janwar Gupta, a brilliant but neurotic medical student intern, has a patient die under suspicious circumstances during his placement at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Certain of his innocence, Janwar bumbles his way through an amateur investigation of two feuding groups of anaesthesiologists and navigates a romance with journalism student and barista Susan Jonestown, who is investigating a drug walkers that leads back to Janwar's colleagues at the hospital. Featuring an ensemble cast of unscrupulous, high-strung, and hilarious characters, Death and the Intern twists and subverts the hospital drama and hard-boiled detective genres with equal parts humour and pathos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death and the Intern
• Publisher: Invisible Publishing, Halifax, NS
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1926743911
• ISBN 13: 9781926743912
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Scrubs meets The Maltese Falcon and The Crying of Lot 49

Janwar Gupta, a brilliant but neurotic medical student intern, has a patient die under suspicious circumstances during his placement at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Certain of his innocence, Janwar bumbles his way through an amateur investigation of two feuding groups of anaesthesiologists and navigates a romance with journalism student and barista Susan Jonestown, who is investigating a drug trafficking conspiracy involving the Hells Angels and a network of dog walkers that leads back to Janwar’s colleagues at the hospital.

Featuring an ensemble cast of unscrupulous, high-strung, and hilarious characters, Death and the Intern twists and subverts the hospital drama and hard-boiled detective genres with equal parts humour and pathos.

"It’s a page-turning crime novel with a shot of dark comedy and enough medical jargon to keep things interesting... A successful first novel from Jeremy Hanson-Finger and great summer beach read.”—Winnipeg Review

About the Author

Jeremy Hanson-Finger was born in Victoria, BC. A co-founder of the magazine Dragnet, his short fiction has appeared in Joyland, Little Fiction, and Feathertale, and his nonfiction in The Puritan. His website is hanson-finger.com. This is his first novel. He currently lives in Ottawa.