A recent medical school graduate, Barry Laverty is delighted by the opportunity to join a small rural practice in the beautiful hills of Ballybucklebo, Northern Ireland, until he meets his superior, Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, a cantankerous older physician who has his own way of doing things.

'A Tom Doherty Associates book.' 'This book was previously published in 2004 under the title The apprenticeship of Doctor Laverty, by Insomniac Press, Toronto'--T.p. verso.

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