Dr. Haggard's Disease

Read in 2006 (71 items)
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For months now, a number of people have been reading Patrick McGrath and talking him up. The novel they've usually read is Asylum but, just to be contrary, I thought I'd try a different introduction to the man. Thus I chose Dr Haggard's Disease, McGrath's third novel.

Set in pre-war London, the novel is based around a monologue from the eponymous Dr Haggard. Haggard, a general pract... read more