Abraham Nevski is a dedicated and eccentric professor of medicine at the Royal Prince John Hospital. He prides himself on his diagnostic skills and powers of reasoning. On returning to work after a break he becomes aware of disturbing changes taking place in the hospital. A series of suspicious deaths then throws his world into confusion. Nevski’s inner turmoil grows and he has to confront the dangers that close in around him. Riding a Crocodile is a novel that gives you an insider’s account into life in a major teaching hospital and a chilling detective story that explores issues of life and death with contemporary relevance.
A propos de l’auteur
Paul Komesaroff is a practicing physician and philosopher at Monash University in Melbourne. His work is interdisciplinary: spanning clinical medicine, biomedical research, social research, philosophy and ethical theory, clinical ethics and policy development. Paul’s international reputation in health care ethics and his major impact on the field of clinical ethics in Australia recently saw him become a State Finalist for the 2014 Australian of the Year. Riding a Crocodile is his first novel but he has previously published fourteen books, including Experiments in Love and Death (2008), Objectivity, Science and Society (2009), Troubled Bodies (ed., 1995), and Pathways to Reconciliation (ed. with Philipa Rothfield and Cleo Fleming, 2008). www.paulkomesaroff.com