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Inside the Bone Box (Fairlight Moderns) Paperback – 11 July 2018

by Anthony Ferner (Author)

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Nicholas Anderton is a highly respected neurosurgeon at the top of his field. But behind the successful facade all is not well. Tormented by a toxic marriage and haunted by past mistakes, Anderton has been eating to forget. His wife, meanwhile, has turned to drink. There are sniggers behind closed doors - how can a surgeon be fat? When mistakes are made and his old adversary steps in to take advantage, Anderton knows things are coming to a head...

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176 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Fairlight Books
Publication date

11 July 2018
Dimensions

10.8 x 1.52 x 17.78 cm
ISBN-10

191205454X
ISBN-13

978-1912054541
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Publisher : Fairlight Books (11 July 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 176 pages
ISBN-10 : 191205454X
ISBN-13 : 978-1912054541
Dimensions : 10.8 x 1.52 x 17.78 cm

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'This slim novel asks some big questions, with compassion, wry humour and elegant, understated prose.' --Kate Vane, crime novelist

'The beautiful writing pulled me right into this book. I loved how the story unfolded, each thread carefully unravelled. The characters had true psychological depth, and the relationships between them were so life-like.' --Sophie Van Llewyn, author of 'Bottled Goods'

'Very accurate with respect to the medical and surgical aspects of the storyline.' --Nick Thomas, Consultant Neurosurgeon

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Anthony Ferner is a former professor of international business and is published widely in non-fiction in his field. He has one other published novella.

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Davy Crockett

This novella is surely a contender for a prize. ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2018

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This novella is surely a contender for a prize. Elegantly written, it describes the triumphs and tragedies, personal and professional, of a high achieving couple both of whom have the capacity to use the tongue as a weapon. The very detailed descriptions of neurosurgical proceedures and processes gained - as the author describes in the acknowledgements - from youtube - would put the descriptive powers of many neurosurgeons to shame (though one would hope that they might have the edge on Ferner with neurosurgical practice). There are moments of laugh out loud humour and moments of pathos. An accomplished new author whose work is likely to find critical acclaim.

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The Idle Woman

A little book that packs a punch far greater than its size

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2018

This is the story of consultant neurosurgeon Nicholas Anderton, whose burgeoning obesity has already threatened his marriage and now raises very serious questions about his professional capabilities. Meanwhile his wife, Alyson, has her own demons to fight. It soon becomes clear that the ‘bone box’ of the title isn’t just the skull, within which the brain-self resides, but also the prisons we build for ourselves, trapping ourselves within excess flesh or addictions.

The story is about surgery, of course, and there are several intriguing accounts of operations on the brain, which fascinated me because it’s something I know nothing about and neuroscience still has an almost mystical quality for me. Ferner has done a phenomenal amount of research into brain surgery and writes with an authority which completely convinced me, as a layman. Yet there’s another kind of surgery in the novella as well: the diagnosis and (premature) autopsy of Nick’s and Alyson’s marriage: its current failings arising from the issues of the past, and the petty spite of a union dragged through the wringer by infidelity, trauma and growing indifference. It’s a story about how we present ourselves to others, and the grief that arises when there’s too great a gulf between others’ understanding of ourselves and what we feel to be our true natures.

Neither Nick nor Alyson are particularly pleasant people. They have both done terrible things, to themselves and to others, and yet they feel gut-wrenchingly believable. You feel that you might well know couples like this: two deeply mismatched people, who are nevertheless trapped by the bond of long cohabitation. They’ve both allowed stress or unhappiness to goad them into unhealthy behaviours: now Nick finds that everyday tasks grow harder as his girth expands, layering tiers of fat around his body which make it hard for him to see certain parts of his anatomy, let alone use them. Alyson has come to rely on alcohol, which gives her the sense of gaining control over her brittle, unhappy emotions while also undoing her physical self-control. Neither of them are healthy; but dare they admit it? Dare they combat it? If they tried to change, how would this affect their identity? What would existence be without the pleasures of good food or good wine, which make up for the dismal lack of joy elsewhere in their lives – never mind that their pleasures might be slowly be killing them along the way?

The novella alternates chapters between Nick’s and Alyson’s perspectives: I thought it interesting that Nick’s are given fragmentary titles excised from the text of the chapters, while Alyson’s are only ever titled with her name. We see Nick out in the world: at foreign conferences; at work in the hospital; dining expansively in a favourite restaurant. But we also only ever see Alyson at home, trapped within the confines of the walls, aggressively nursing her habitual glass of wine. I don’t know to what degree this was deliberate, but it gives extra force to Alyson’s sense of being belittled, ignored and overlooked, even though we’re told that she has a (presumably demanding) job as a solicitor. It also emphasises the claustrophobia of her chapters, a tight and tensely-wound anxiety, which goes well with her nervous alcoholism.

I really enjoyed Ferner’s flair as a writer. He can give you a strong picture of a character in just a sentence or two of elegant prose, and combines precision with just the right amount of ornamentation. Predicated on questions of identity and the loss thereof – through brain damage, perhaps, or the renunciation of a quality that we feel defines us – it’s a little book that packs a punch far greater than its size.

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Kate Vane

A slim novel that asks big questions

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 July 2018

Nicholas Anderton is a successful neurosurgeon, married to a lawyer, with two adult children. But he is also grappling with obesity after a series of crises in his personal and professional life. Now, his weight is threatening his ability to do his job. His wife, Alyson, is not inclined to be supportive and is dealing with issues of her own.

Nicholas is a complex and contradictory character. He is an accomplished neurosurgeon but has little time for philosophical discussions on the nature of the mind, preferring to see himself as more like his butcher father – good with his hands, with an instinctive understanding of anatomy. He has succeeded in a profession that requires great discipline and stamina but he is unable to stop himself from eating.

The story is told in alternating chapters from Nicholas and Alyson, though we only see Alyson at home, and hear about her life as it relates to her husband. Perhaps this reflects how Nicholas sees her, his curiosity limited to how she affects him.

Nicholas spends his day looking deep into the brains of others but his own remains mysterious to him. How far are we shaped by our minds, and how far by the confines of our body?

This slim novel asks some big questions, with compassion, wry humour and elegant, understated prose.
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I received a copy of Inside the Bone Box from the publisher via Netgalley.

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Elizabeth S

and are either a continuation of the present or a flashback to an earlier point in their career or marriage which gives you a great picture of how the couple have got to where ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 July 2018

Nicholas Anderton is a neurosurgeon whose weight is becoming a threat to both his job and his marriage, this novella follows Nick as he reaches the pivotal moment of his professional capacity being questioned. Each chapter alternates between the perspectives of Nick and that of his wife Alyson; and are either a continuation of the present or a flashback to an earlier point in their career or marriage which gives you a great picture of how the couple have got to where they are; one of my favourite things was how realistic these two characters in particular were, they're both flawed and while they do identify those flaws in themselves they're doing what most people do which is pretend is a much smaller problem than it is. I think the book challenges a difficult topic to talk about, being set in the UK where obesity is continually becoming more of an issue the challenges Nick faces in the book must be a harsh reality for some and it's great that it's not shying away from things like this. I gave this three stars as I thought a couple of chapters were a bit disjointed from the overall plot and I didn't get that 'must keep reading' feeling.

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