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Bitter paradise : a Dr. Zol Szabo medical mystery / Ross Pennie.
"After weeks of torture at the hands of Syria's secret police, the bombing of his villa in the ancient city of Aleppo, and the murder of his daughter, trauma surgeon Dr. Hosam Khousa flees his fractured homeland with his wife and son. They make their way to Canada as refugees, where Hosam is forced to trade his prestigious scalpel for a barber's humble clippers. Though he aches to regain his once-prominent surgical career, cutting hair in Hamilton, Ontario, seems a safe way to make a living, until a fellow Syrian is slashed to death in the barbershop. The ensuing gangland vendetta entangles Hosam and threatens his family. At the same time, epidemic investigators Dr. Zol Szabo and Natasha Sharma are battling an outbreak of vaccine-resistant polio that has struck the city with terrifying fury. When Hosam visits a friend clinging to life in the intensive care unit, he spots something that might help the investigation but will ruin his chance of retaking his place in the operating theater. The Great White North is not the sanctuary he expected, but it's a bitter paradise he must learn to navigate."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781770414655 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 350 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Subject: | Epidemiologists > Fiction. Hamilton (Ont.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Penni | 31681010197424 | FICTION | Available | - |
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While epidemic polio ravages Canadian neighborhoods, a Syrian refugee barber, desperate to resume his career as a well-respected surgeon, tries to help, risking reprisals from investigator Dr. Zol Szabo and a murderous warlord. - Bookmasters
Fans of Bones and Coroner will love Dr. Zol Szabo, a doctor who is out to solve medical mysteries before itâs too lateAfter weeks of torture at the hands of Syriaâs secret police, the bombing of his villa in the ancient city of Aleppo, and the murder of his daughter, trauma surgeon Dr. Hosam Khousa flees his fractured homeland with his wife and son. They make their way to Canada as refugees, where Hosam is forced to trade his prestigious scalpel for a barberâs humble clippers. Though he aches to regain his once- prominent surgical career, cutting hair in Hamilton, Ontario, seems a safe way to make a living, until a fellow Syrian is slashed to death in the barbershop. The ensuing gangland vendetta entangles Hosam and threatens his family.At the same time, epidemic investigators Dr. Zol Szabo and Natasha Sharma are battling an outbreak of vaccine-resistant polio that has struck the city with terrifying fury. When Hosam visits a friend clinging to life in the intensive care unit, he spots something that might help the investigation but will ruin his chance of retaking his place in the operating theater. The Great White North is not the sanctuary he expected, but itâs a bitter paradise he must learn to navigate. Short DescriptionWhile epidemic polio ravages Canadian neighborhoods, a Syrian refugee barber, desperate to resume his career as a well-respected surgeon, tries to help, risking reprisals from investigator Dr. Zol Szabo and a murderous warlord.Sales and Market BulletsâPennie is a doctor specializing in infectious disease, and his expertise clearly informs and adds a complex realism to this excellent page-turner.â âPublishers Weekly on Beneath the WakePennie brings his medical expertise, from a career as a specialist in infectious diseases, to his writing. He has worked with every germ you can think of, from falciparum malaria to flesh-eating Streptococcus.Ross Pennie has won the Hamilton Literary Prize for Fiction (2010) and the Hamilton Literary Bookwork Award for Fiction (2012), and was shortlisted for the Kerry Schooley Award (2015) and the Hamilton Literary Award (2018).AudienceFans of the CBC television show CoronerReaders of Kathy Reichs and viewers of the television series Bones - Simon and Schuster
Fans of Bones and Coroner will love Dr. Zol Szabo, a doctor who is out to solve medical mysteries before itâs too late
After weeks of torture at the hands of Syriaâs secret police, the bombing of his villa in the ancient city of Aleppo, and the murder of his daughter, trauma surgeon Dr. Hosam Khousa flees his fractured homeland with his wife and son. They make their way to Canada as refugees, where Hosam is forced to trade his prestigious scalpel for a barberâs humble clippers. Though he aches to regain his once- prominent surgical career, cutting hair in Hamilton, Ontario, seems a safe way to make a living, until a fellow Syrian is slashed to death in the barbershop. The ensuing gangland vendetta entangles Hosam and threatens his family.
At the same time, epidemic investigators Dr. Zol Szabo and Natasha Sharma are battling an outbreak of vaccine-resistant polio that has struck the city with terrifying fury. When Hosam visits a friend clinging to life in the intensive care unit, he spots something that might help the investigation but will ruin his chance of retaking his place in the operating theater. The Great White North is not the sanctuary he expected, but itâs a bitter paradise he must learn to navigate.
