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Fiction

The Swan Song of Doctor Malloy

by Crusader Hillis
September 2013, no. 354

The Swan Song of Doctor Malloy by Robert Power

Transit Lounge, $29.95 pb, 326 pp, 9781921924422

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The Swan Song of Doctor Malloy, a novel about addiction, compulsion, and recovery, is set within a fast-moving thriller. Traversing the worlds of health research, drug cartels, world politics, and corporations, it is a conspiracy novel that manages to stay just within the realms of credibility due to the specialist knowledge the author brings to the tale.

 


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The Swan Song of Doctor Malloy by Robert Power

Transit Lounge, $29.95 pb, 326 pp, 9781921924422

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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