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Tells the story of James Dyer, an English surgeon who is unable to feel pain in himself or others, as he gains in notoriety for his surgical skills, his coldness, and his greed
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A chronicle of life of an eighteenth-century man born without the ability to feel pain, this amazing book “offers a panoply of literary pleasures” (Washington Post Book World). Winner of Britain’s James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the 1999 IMPAC Award. “Astoundingly good” (New York Times Book Review).
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