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"Then consider yourself an experiment of the gods in what a man can endure . . ." This is the sardonic advice of a doctor to his patient, a young man suffering from tuberculosis in the days before effective antibiotic treatment, and it sets the theme for this brilliant novel. The hero, Paul Davenant, has arrived at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps with high hopes of a full cure and a normal life. But as the weeks and months pass interminably by, Davenant undergoes endless tests and medical procedures, each more horrific and dehumanizing than the last, all the while facing the possibility that his case may be hopeless. Yet alongside the pain, indignity, and tediousness, there is a sense of the outrageous, farcical side to his situation, the utterly pointless absurdity of it all. And when he falls in love with a fellow patient and becomes determined at last to recover his health, can he succeed, or will all the tortures he has endured have been for nothing? When The Rack was first published in 1958, the critical acclaim was universal: reviewers compared it with the works of Proust, Mann, and Camus and declared it a masterwork destined to take its place among the great novels of the

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Author

Andrew Sinclair

Publisher

Valancourt Books

Published

2014

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (52 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14