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4. "The Cape Doctor" by E.J. Levy

Sun Dec 4, 2022, 02:09 PM

Dec 2022

Narrative heavy & dialog light, I'm still enjoying this novel quite a bit.

from Goodreads:

Beginning in Cork, Ireland, the novel recounts Jonathan Mirandus Perry’s journey from daughter to son in order to enter medical school and provide for family, but Perry soon embraced the new-found freedom of living life as a man. From brilliant medical student in Edinburgh and London to eligible bachelor and quick-tempered physician in Cape Town, Dr. Perry thrived. When he befriended the aristocratic Cape Governor, the doctor rose to the pinnacle of society, before the two were publicly accused of a homosexual affair that scandalized the colonies and nearly cost them their lives.

E. J. Levy’s enthralling novel, inspired by the life of Dr. James Miranda Barry, brings this captivating character vividly alive.

I notice you always list two novels. I've never been able to read two novels at the same time, but maybe reading one & listening to one makes a difference?

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