"Absence sees the British medical world through the eyes of Nick Page, a young doctor in free fall into despair due to his failure to seduce the object of his desire. Beneath the comic surface is a serious investigation into human nature and love--its desires, its prejudices, its unhappiness--and the various absences that haunt and intoxicate it. This is a rare book which combines real humor and wit with sustained intellectual inquiry.
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"Absence sees the British medical world through the eyes of Nick Page, a young doctor in free fall into despair due to his failure to seduce the object of his desire. Beneath the comic surface is a serious investigation into human nature and love--its desires, its prejudices, its unhappiness--and the various absences that haunt and intoxicate it. This is a rare book which combines real humor and wit with sustained intellectual inquiry.
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Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed by the author and numbered 0484 out of an edition of 750 copies on a special Author's Presentation Edition sticker applied to the inside front cover; a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condtion; 192 pages.
