Father Michael's Lottery

A Novel of Africa

By Johan Steyn

FICTION

424 Pages, 6 x 9

Cloth, $26.95 (US $26.95) (CA $33.95)

Publication Date: November 2007

ISBN 9780971059870

Rights: US & CA

Schaffner Press (Nov 2007)

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Overview

"An important, must-read book!" —Ian McEwan, Booker Award–winning author, Amsterdam, Atonement, and Saturday

A beleaguered doctor and his staff struggle to maintain a hospital in a remote, rural community on the front lines of the African AIDS epidemic in this inspirational and life-affirming novel. The hospital and its patients do battle against meddlesome superiors, find eccentric saviors from the village, and provide readers with an unflinching look at the human cost of ignorance and apathy. The good doctor's daily struggles for the people, land, and wildlife of Africa tell a story of humor, realism, and compassion.

Reviews

"An important, must-read book!" —Ian McEwan, Booker Award–winning author, Amsterdam, Atonement, and Saturday

"Father Michael's Lottery is a novel filled with verve, humor, and, above all, a hope for Africa and those afflicted with AIDS." —Margaret Drabble, author, The Needle's Eye and The Sea Lady

"Johan Steyn has the rare talent to bring modern Africa, AIDS, and poverty to the forefront with grace, humor, and humanity. [This book] should be required reading for everyone who craves to be entertained and educated—it's marvelous!" —Dr. John Menkes, author, After the Tempest

"Moving, bleakly funny and life-affirming; a dispatch from the front line." —Justin Cartwright, author, The Promise of Happiness and The Song Before It Is Sung

"Graham Greene doing episodes of M.A.S.H. It's unpardonably funny, which makes the pain all the more brutal." —Katherine Dunn, author, Geek Love

Author Biography

Johan Steyn is a medical doctor who works and travels extensively in Africa, preferring to live and practice in the continent's most remote corners.

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