The Tennis Partner
A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
$38.18
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
3 September 1999
Summary
From the author of the bestseller Cutting For Stone comes a deeply moving story about drug addiction, male friendship and tennis.
When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from a drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security, in the sport they love…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099735014 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099735016 |
| Author: | Abraham Verghese |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 1999 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Verghese is a fine writer, lyrical and controlled, and he captures the attachment between two men - its motives, its allure - with both precision and charm… Wise and compassionate
Verghese is a fine writer, lyrical and controlled, and he captures the attachment between two men - its motives, its allure - with both precision and charm… Wise and compassionate * New York Times Book Review *A brave and heart-baring story * Time *Heartbreaking… Indelible and haunting… An elegy to friendship found and an ode to a good friend lost * Boston Globe *
About The Author
Abraham Verghese
Born and brought up of Indian parents in Ethiopia, Abraham Verghese qualified as a doctor in Madras and is currently professor of medicine at Stanford University, California. He is the author of My Own Country, an NBCC finalist made into a film directed by Mira Nair and the bestselling novel, Cutting for Stone.
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