Title: Outstanding.
Product review: This is a terrific book. One of the best novels I have read in years, it contains wonderful writing, superb character studies, and addresses moral questions of great importance. While this book will be read and enjoyed by everyone, it has some special interest for physicians (like me). This book contains the best deciption of the complexities of the doctor-patient relationship I have ever encountered and uses the special nature of this relationship to highlight the moral dilemma inherent in balancing the claims of the state with that of individuals. Readers should be aware that the central metaphor of the book, regeneration, is drawn from a famous experiment in clinical neuroscience, performed by one of the protagonists of this novel.I also recommend very strongly the other books in Pat Barker's WWI trilogy, especially the concluding book, The Ghost Road. The concluding section of The Ghost Road is a tour de force of remarkable power.
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