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Historical Fiction, History, Science

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Alan Paton; Andre Brink; Damon Galgut.

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Dr. Berend Mets was born in Indonesia of Dutch parents, has lived on four continents, and amongst other countries grew up in South Africa, where he became a doctor, anaesthetist and scientist. He came to writing fiction after a career of medical and scientific writing and has published two books for the lay person. Waking Up Safer? An Anesthesiologist's Record. And: Leadership in Anaesthesia: Five Pioneers of the Deadly Quest for Surgical Insensibility.

Berend is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Pennsylvania State University and has recently completed a Master in Fine Arts in creative writing at Carlow University. He divides his time between, America, the Dutch Caribbean and Cape Town, South Africa.

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	Immorality Act 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waking Up Safer?: An Anesthesiologist's Record 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leadership in Anaesthesia: Five Pioneers of the Deadly Quest for Surgical Insensibility it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truth & Conciliation it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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