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Touching Distance
Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
‘Atmospheric and fascinating’ - Hilary Mantel
Shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize and winner of the Medical Journalists' - Association Open Book Award
In the winter of 1790, a mysterious and deadly disease strikes the unsuspecting town of Aberdeen. The victims are all women in the prime of life. Determined to save his patients, talented young physician Alec Gordon embarks on an...
Details
416 pages
Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Beautifully worked – a harrowing, atmospheric and fascinating novel, with sound research put to telling use . . . shockingly intimate, but with an epic feel.Hilary Mantel, Man Booker prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies
‘A mystery story, a love story, a historical drama – I can’t imagine a reader who would not be moved by this book.’ Janice Galloway
‘A subtle and moving portrait of a man battling his own limitations, both in terms of scientific knowledge and personality . . . With pace and drama, Abrams tells a tale which is at once informative and emotionally rewarding.’ Scotsman