The Good Doctor: Author of the 2021 Booker Prize-winning novel THE PROMISE

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FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROMISE

'The Good Doctor will be seen as one of the great literary triumphs of South Africa'stransition... by a novelist of great and growing power.' -- Rian Malan, author of MyTraitor's Heart

Laurence Waters arrives at his rural hospital postingfull of optimism. Frank, the disgruntleddeputy, is forced to share his room with the new arrival but is determined to stay out ofLaurence's ambitious schemes. When the dilapidated hospital is looted, the two men findthemselves uneasy allies in a world where the past is demanding restitution from the present.

'A lovely, lethal, disturbing novel' - Guardian

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'His sentences have such hypnotic power that once started, this novel is very hard to put down' - The Times

'A lovely, lethal, disturbing novel' - Guardian

'A gripping read, laced throughout with powerful emotional truth and Damon Galgut's extraordinary vision' - Independent

'As good as Graham Greene' - Sunday Times

Author Bio

Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria in 1963. He wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season, when he was seventeen. His other books include Small Circle of Beings, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, The Quarry, The Good Doctor, The Impostor and In A Strange Room. The Good Doctor was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Dublin/IMPAC Award, The Impostor was also shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and In a Strange Room was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2021 The Promise won the Booker Prize. He lives in Cape Town.