- Paperback: 98 pages
- Publisher: Shearsman Books; First edition (15 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1848611331
- ISBN-13: 978-1848611337
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,002,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Doctor Placebo finds himself at the end of the western intellectual tradition, and on certain mornings feels almost as old. As a medical practitioner he broods about his patients; as a writer he broods about his poems. Sometimes the two intermingle and he can't remember whether he is a doctor moonlighting as a poet, or a poet moonlighting as a doctor. One thing at least remains constant: moonlight. The end of the western intellectual tradition, like Placebo himself, is insomniac.
About the Author
Alan Wall was born in Bradford and studied English at Oxford. He has published six novels and a book of short stories. Jacob, a book written in verse and prose, was shortlisted for the Hawthornden Prize. His work has been translated into nine languages. He has published essays and reviews in many different periodicals including the Guardian, Spectator, The Times, Jewish Quarterly, Leonardo, PN Review, London Magazine and Agenda. He has been Royal Literary Fund Fellow in Writing at Warwick University and Liverpool John Moores. He is currently Professor of Writing and Literature at the University of Chester. He lives in North Wales.
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