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By Hole Ousia Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

– provocative

In my previous post I shared a few brief extracts from the novel TRIO by William Boyd. One of the characters in this book is described in these terms: Have … Continue reading – provocative

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Two culturesTags: 1968, aggressive manner, Antiquary, core values for psychiatrists, Dr Peter Gordon, EQUANIL, fiction, he lived to provoke, Hole Ousia, Novel, Obetral, PE1651, Peter Gordon, Prescribed Drug Dependence, provocative, Realistic Medicine, reality, rebel antiquary, safe and effective, sarky, Seconal, Social maverick, taken as prescribed, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, the two cultures, Too much Medicine, Two Cultures, unsettling, William Boyd

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 31, 2020

EQUANIL

I recently read the novel TRIO by William Boyd. It is about the lives of three people who are involved in making a film together. One of these fictional characters … Continue reading EQUANIL

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Two culturesTags: 1968, Antiquary, Dr Peter Gordon, EQUANIL, fiction, Hole Ousia, Novel, Obetral, PE1651, Peter Gordon, Prescribed Drug Dependence, Realistic Medicine, reality, rebel antiquary, safe and effective, Seconal, Social maverick, taken as prescribed, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, the two cultures, Too much Medicine, Two Cultures, William Boyd

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020

Which novel has sold most?

This question was asked in last week’s Sunday TIMES: Of course there is no complete data to refer to but it is thought that Don Quixote tops the list. It … Continue reading Which novel has sold most?

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By Hole Ousia Posted on October 28, 2020

TRIO

This review in Scotland on Sunday of TRIO by William Boyd has encouraged me to make it my next read:

Categories: This is Not yesterdayTags: 2020, Allan Massie, book, Hole Ousia, Novel, novelist, Penguin, Peter Gordon, review, Scotland on Sunday, Three of the Best, TRIO, William Boyd

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