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This highly readable sequel to An Irish Country Doctor follows the trials and exultations of Dr. Barry Laverty as he begins his assistantship to Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly in Balleybucklebo, a fictional Irish Ulster village of the 1960s. Barry loves his diverse work—conjunctivitis to obstetrics—and his provincial patients are keen on folk wisdom and proverbs. He grows fond and admiring of his gruff, imposing senior colleague, who heals bodies and also attacks social maladies, like the greedy local councilor who threatens to turn the Black Swan, a local pub, into a tourist trap. Meanwhile, Barry's infatuation with plucky engineering student Patricia Spence thickens, though her ambition may land her a scholarship that would lure her to Cambridge. And then there's the matter of a potential career-ending lawsuit by a recent widow whose husband died after Barry botched a diagnosis. Detailed medical procedures of the era are fascinating to a modern reader, though Taylor sometimes throws in too much play-by-play. The book, with its spot-on dialects (a glossary is included for those who don't know what, say, soft hand under a duck means) and neatly tied endings, largely succeeds as light entertainment. (Feb.)
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"Highly readable. . . . Detailed medical procedures of the era are fascinating to a modern reader. . . . The book, with its spot-on dialects and neatly tied endings, largely succeeds as light entertainment."--"Publishers Weekly" on "An Irish Country Village
""Full of stories and vivid characters, the novel recalls a good night in a pub. Its greatest charm lies in homey Ulster idioms. . . . Good, light entertainment."--"Booklist" on "An Irish Country Village
"""An Irish Country Doctor" makes for escapist, delightful fun."--"Publishers Weekly
""Ballybucklebo is an easy place for readers to sink into, with likable characters and atmospheric dialogue."--"Kirkus Reviews" on "An Irish Country Doctor" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
""Full of stories and vivid characters, the novel recalls a good night in a pub. Its greatest charm lies in homey Ulster idioms. . . . Good, light entertainment."--"Booklist" on "An Irish Country Village
"""An Irish Country Doctor" makes for escapist, delightful fun."--"Publishers Weekly
""Ballybucklebo is an easy place for readers to sink into, with likable characters and atmospheric dialogue."--"Kirkus Reviews" on "An Irish Country Doctor" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Patrick Taylor, Doctor Laverty, Doctor O'Reilly, Miss Moloney, Donal Donnelly, Bertie Bishop, Arthur Guinness, Councillor Bishop, Harry Sloan, Lady Macbeth, Miss Hagerty, Fergus Finnegan, Professor Greer, Jack Mills, Major Fotheringham, Miss Spence, Main Street, Willy Dunleavy, Black Swan, Seamus Galvin, Barry Laverty, Jesus Christ, Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, County Down, Declan Finnegan Browse Sample Pages:
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