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1004756
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b759126
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| Main Entry
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Stookey, Lorena Laura.
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| Title & Author
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Robin Cook : : a critical companion /\ Lorena Laura Stookey.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 1996.
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| Series Statement
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Critical companions to popular contemporary writers,
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1 online resource (xi, 210 pages).
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| ISBN
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1573566535
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: 9781573566537
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0313295786
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9780313295782
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.
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| Contents
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Series Foreword; 1. The Life of Robin Cook; 2. Robin Cook's Medical Thrillers; 3. Coma (1977) and Terminal (1993); 4. Brain (1981); 5. Godplayer (1983) and Mutation (1989); 6. Mindbend (1985) and Harmful Intent (1990); 7. Outbreak (1987) and Vital Signs (1991); 8. Mortal Fear (1988); 9. Blindsight (1992); 10. Acceptable Risk (1994); 11. Contagion (1995); Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Like Arthur Conan Doyle before him, best-selling novelist Robin Cook has turned from the practice of medicine to that of writing popular suspense fiction. Widely recognized as the Master of the Medical Thriller, Cook uses the medium of the popular novel to address a range of social issues: environmental pollution, gender inequality in the workplace, the risks inherent in the common practice of secrecy in science research, and above all, the ramifications of medicine's transition from profession to corporate industry. This study analyzes in turn each of Cook's medical thrillers, from Coma toCon.
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Cook, Robin,1940-Criticism and interpretation.
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Cook, Robin
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Cook, Robin,1940-
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Detective and mystery stories, American-- History and criticism.
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Didactic fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Literature and medicine-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Medical fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Medicine in literature.
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Suspense fiction-- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Didactic fiction, American.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature and medicine.
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Medical fiction, American.
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Medicine in literature.
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Suspense fiction.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3553.O5545Z88 1996eb
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