Rituals of surgery
By: Richard Selzer.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Surgeons -- Fiction.; Surgery -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: This collection of stories weaves together the fantastic and grotesque with surgical precision. The sense that death lurks round every corner is heightened by dark irony and wit. Richard Selzer brings to life the horrors of surgery while displaying compassion for his characters.