The Hospital Ship
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1906615594 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
amazing book I saw a copy of this and there was a quote from JG Ballard so I gave it a try. Its an incredible book, surreal, and in fact it did remind me of Ballard. Definitely an original book, I highly reccommend it if you want something odd and fascinating that you may never have heard of before.
Originally published in 1976, Martin Bax's seminal cult novel is back in print after three decades. From harbours around the world, the hospital ship picks up casualties, emergency cases of men and women in states of severe psychic withdrawal and large groups of autistic children. They are victims of a worldwide disaster; a holocaust that spreads as the hospital ship sails on, struggling to save itself from its own lunacy.
For more than four decades Martin Bax combined a career as one of the world's leading pediatricians with that of literary editor, novelist and reviewer. . His autobiography is due for publication in 2014. Martin is the author of Love On The Borders (2007), Memoirs of a Gone World (2010) and Sarah And The End of Money (2013). The founder of Ambit magazine in 1959 while at medical college,
Ballard . the most exciting, stimulating and brilliantly conceived book I have read since Burroughs' novels.--J.G