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Bookpossum · 02-23-2018, 05:03 PM

Thanks for the link issybird - I shall read that with interest.

I thought that one of the attractions of Brazil for Brian would be his acceptance as a doctor for people other than poor blacks. Early in the book he says something about hating his job, spending all day with poor people in their tenements. It surprised me as I would have expected his dedication as a doctor to mean he would want to help such people, but he clearly preferred being in the high society of Harlem. They had a nice house and a car, so he must have been well paid.

He was a bit of an enigma all round.

02-23-2018, 05:03 PM	#88
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Thanks for the link issybird - I shall read that with interest. I thought that one of the attractions of Brazil for Brian would be his acceptance as a doctor for people other than poor blacks. Early in the book he says something about hating his job, spending all day with poor people in their tenements. It surprised me as I would have expected his dedication as a doctor to mean he would want to help such people, but he clearly preferred being in the high society of Harlem. They had a nice house and a car, so he must have been well paid. He was a bit of an enigma all round.