Driving on the rim / Thomas McGuane.
By: McGuane, Thomas.
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BookPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c 2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: 305 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781400041558; 1400041554.Subject(s): Physicians -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Self-actualization (Psychology) -- FictionGenre/Form: Picaresque literature.DDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: Small town doctor I.B. "Berl" Pickett makes an ill-advised decision to try to cover up an old friend's suicide attempt which leads to dire consequences when she later dies from her injuries. He loses his clinic privileges and faces a possible criminal negligence charge. With plenty of time on his hands, Berl goes back to his former profession of house painter and contemplates his past.
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Small town doctor I.B. "Berl" Pickett makes an ill-advised decision to try to cover up an old friend's suicide attempt which leads to dire consequences when she later dies from her injuries. He loses his clinic privileges and faces a possible criminal negligence charge. With plenty of time on his hands, Berl goes back to his former profession of house painter and contemplates his past.
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