Death And The Intern

Synopsis

Fiction. Shortlisted For The Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. Janwar Gupta, A Brilliant But Neurotic Medical Student Intern, Has A Patient Die Under Suspicious Circumstances At The Start Of This Two-week Anaesthesiology Placement At The Ottawa Civic Hospital. Certain Of His Innocence, Janwar Bumbles His Way Through A Criminal Investigation Focused On Two Feuding Groups Of Anaesthesiologists And Navigates A Romance With Journalism Student And Barista Susan Jonestown, The Book's Real Hero, Who Is Investigating A Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Involving The Civic Hospital, The Hells Angels, And A Network Of Dog Walkers--with Ties To Janwar's Current Place Of Employment. Featuring An Ensemble Cast Of Unscrupulous, High-strung, And Hilarious Characters, Death And The Intern Twists And Subverts The Hospital Drama And Hard-boiled Detective Genres With Equal Parts Humour And Pathos. Set In A Vivid And Compelling World Of Anesthesiologists Gone Bad, Jeremy Hanson-finger's Death And The Intern Is Needle-sharp Crime Fiction That Will Definitely Not Put You To Sleep.--gary Barwin