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Disch, Thomas M. (Editor) The M.D.: A Horror Story
Alfred A Knopf 1991 039458662X / 9780394586625 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good + Ferguson, Archie
Very-good+ copy of this 1991 hardback. Stated First Edition. Price inside dustcover: $22.00. Dustcover shows slight wear (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 401 pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. From Library Journal Endowed with the power to heal or destroy by the Roman god Mercury, Minnesota grade schooler Billy Michaels embarks on a strange lifelong journey. Spanning the early 1970s through 1999, this well-written horror novel takes Billy from childhood innocence and casual cruelty to adult greed and calculated evil. Mercury's gift to Billy is his staff, the caduceus--longtime symbol of the medical profession. Both the child Billy and later the physician William wield this serpentine instrument as one might a sorcerer's wand. A multitude of major and supporting characters, a good many subplots, plus much dark and wicked humor all contribute to the tale's success. By the author of the children's fantasy The Brave Little Toaster and several science fiction works, this lengthy adult entertainment is well suited for summer weekend reading. BOMC alternate. - James B. Heme sath, Adams State Coll. Lib., Alamosa, Col. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review "The M.D. is an extraordinary feat of imagination and frequently is outright mesmerizing." —Washington Post "Profound and dark and very dire, but it is also a page-turner. And each new page, like an electric eel, is poised to shock." Los Angeles Times
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