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Doctor Salt - Gerard Donovan

Description: ISBN 0743263596 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Gerard Donovan / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 272 Pages / Book is published 2006-01-03 ... more

Doctor Salt - Gerard Donovan ... by Scribner

Newest Review: ... It appears Donovan is pointing out the issues with privately funded trials; they are still a business and not necessarily ... more

... looking out for the patient's best interest. I agree that there is conflict of interest that perhaps needs tighter regulation but his constant use of this imagery seems more of a rant from the author that giving any insight to the character or story. In the second half of the book we are introduced to Salt - it quickly becomes apparent that Salt is also Sunless (this is not a plot spoiler). We follow Salt from being about 5 years old when is mother is pregnant. Tragically, when his mother and father go off to the ...more

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Doctor Salt - Gerard Donovan: To be taken with a pinch of salt (734 words)
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Gerard Donovan is an Irish-born novelist currently living in New York. He is also an acclaimed poet with three collections to his name. Interestingly, Donovan sees 'Doctor Salt' as being a draft and not really what he wanted to write. Strangely, he 're-wrote' the book in 2007, titled 'Sunless', and the brief info I have seen suggests it is rather different from this version. Anyway, I read his 'first draft' (!) so will give you my opinions on it. The first half of the book follows the character Sunless - no other names, just Sunless - who is clearly suffering from acute paranoia and seems to be in search of his father. Sunless is visiting ... Read the complete review

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