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Night theater, a novel, Vikram Paralkar

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Night theater, a novel, Vikram Paralkar
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Night theater
Oclc number
1102469250
Responsibility statement
Vikram Paralkar
Sub title
a novel
Summary
"A surgeon flees a scandal in the city and accepts a job at a village clinic. He buys antibiotics out of pocket, squashes roaches, and chafes at the interventions of the corrupt officer who oversees his work. But his outlook on life changes one night when a teacher, his pregnant wife, and their young son appear. Killed in a violent robbery, they tell the surgeon that they have been offered a second chance at living if the surgeon can mend their wounds before sunrise. So begins a night of quiet work ... during which the surgeon realizes his future is tied more closely to that of the dead family than he could have imagined. By dawn, he and his assistant have gained knowledge no mortal should have"--Page 2 of cover
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