The Strange Case of Dr Simmonds and Dr Glas
Dannie Abse
#7558 of 8,085 books · #2421 in Crime & Thriller
Longlisted for the Booker Prize (2002).
Dr Simmonds is infatuated with an unhappily married patient, Yvonne. When she presents him with a novel about a certain Dr Glas, Simmonds immediately recognizes his similarity affinity with the fictional doctor. The trouble is that Dr Glas deliberately murders the husband of the one he loved.
- Publisher
- Robson Books
- ISBN-13
- 9781861055040
- Topics
- Obsession and infatuationMurder and moralityDoubling and identity
Awards
- The Booker PrizeLonglistedMajor(2002)
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