pickThe Good Doctor is a sparse and distantly told story about the challenges and failures of post-Apartheid society in South Africa. Galgut explores different attitudinal responses which arise in these conditions in this almost allegorical narrative. It‘s one of those books where nothing in particular happens, but the accumulation of small moments, tells us a lot about the human condition.
pickI read this as a precursor to Booker long-listed The Promise. An extraordinary book. Compelling and complex characters and an exploration of the problems of contemporary South Africa in s sparse bleak tale. Highly recommended and makes me very excited for The Promise. Five star read
The past and the future are dangerous countries I had been living in no mans land, between their borders, for the last seven years. Now I felt myself moving again, and I was afraid.
Everything is politics, Laurence. The moment you put two people in a room together, politics enters in. That‘s how it is .
Decided to read this before starting the Booker long listed The Promise. A few pages in it seems like it will be a short sharp read!
"Hundreds of miles of desolate, monotonous, burnt up steppe cannot induce such deep depression as one man when he sits and talks, and one does not know when he will go."
Chekov
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