This Living and Immortal Thing by Austin Duffy

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Summary

A highly original and darkly funny debut novel set in a New York cancer hospital where a disillusioned and alienated Irish doctor struggles with questions of death and life - and love.

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This Living and Immortal Thing by Austin Duffy

A highly original and darkly funny debut novel set in a New York cancer hospital where a disillusioned and alienated Irish doctor struggles with questions of death and life - and love.
AUSTIN DUFFY grew up in Ireland and studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin. He is a practising medical oncologist at the National Cancer Institute in Washington DC, where he lives with his wife and two children. In 2011, Duffy was awarded RTE's Francis MacManus award for his short story 'Orca'.
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ISBN 13 9781783781683
ISBN 10 1783781688
Title This Living and Immortal Thing
Author Austin Duffy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2017-02-02
Number of pages 304
Prizes Commended for BMA Medical Book Awards 2016 (UK), Short-listed for Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2016 (UK)
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