Absence: A Metaphysical Comedy - Hardcover
Set in pre-Thatcherite days and subtitled "A Metaphysical Comedy", this is a wildly irreverent story of a young doctor recovering from a relationship that never happened. Exploring a variety of disparate themes, including absence and obsessio n, racism and post-structuralism, Nick Page does for the National Health Service what the Marx Brothers did for Opera.
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Raymond Tallis is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester, and has published over 150 research papers, articles and textbooks. He is the author of several highly praised critiques of post- structuralism and well-received explorations of the philosophy of mind. His recent Enemies of Hope brings together the many strands of his thought. The Raymond Tallis reader is to be published shortly by Macmillan. Professor Tallis has published several volumes of verse and his short s tories have been published in leading journals. ABSENCE is his first novel.
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"Tallis^Òs sense of wonder about the world is so acute that it gives him an astonishing sense of energy." -- FINANCIAL TIMES, London
The central character "reminds one of Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H*. He battles with a sense of self-righteous humour." -- THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
The central character "reminds one of Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H*. He battles with a sense of self-righteous humour." -- THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
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- PublisherToby Pr
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1902881001
- ISBN 13 9781902881003
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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