Dr. Haggard's Disease

Dr. Haggard's Disease - Paperback

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Dr. Haggard's Disease - Paperback

Dr. Haggard's Disease - Paperback

by Patrick McGrath
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by Patrick McGrath (Author)

The setting is a cliffside manor on the English coast in the early years of the Second World War. The narrator is Dr. Edward Haggard, a mysteriously wounded figure racked by morphine addiction and tormented by the memories of his intense affair with Fanny, the wife of his former chief pathologist. Fanny is dead, but when her son, a young fighter pilot, appears in Dr. Haggard's life, the aging doctor finds out how an old passion can turn into a strange--and dangerous--obsession.

With consummate artistry and profound understanding of the frontiers of human experience, Patrick McGrath proves himself an unsurpassed craftsman of literary suspense.

Author Biography

Patrick McGrath is the author of several modern gothic novels, including Asylum and Spider, and two collections of stories. He lives in New York, where he is on the writing faculties of the New School and Princeton University.

Number of Pages: 192
Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.06 x 5.25 IN
Publication Date: July 12, 1994
ISBN9780679752615
Author Patrick McGrath
PublisherVintage
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 1994
LanguageENG- English
Pages192
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Patrick McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital, where for many years his father was medical superintendent. He is the author of Blood and Water and Other Tales, The Grotesque, Spider, Dr. Haggard's Disease, and Martha Peake, and he was the co-editor, with Bradford Morrow, of The New York Gothic. He lives in New York City and London, and is married to actress Maria Aitken.

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