You can't run from yourself! A new novel by a popular Czech author.
“I can’t be straight, but I can’t be crooked either. My life has split in two and I’m no longer waiting for a strong rope to keep me safe,” muses Dr Hynek Grábl, a surgeon in a border-town hospital, who has given up hope that his life might one day take a turn for the better.
A top specialist’s career at a Prague clinic came to a premature end due to a drunken scrape, and now it's not just him who has to bear the consequences, but also his eternally dissatisfied wife and teenage children. Neither his personal nor his financial accounts show a favourable balance, and all the symptoms of a mid-life crisis are appearing on the horizon. But Grábl's attempts to find a way out are more like a roller-coaster ride, and often end in a hangover. Will his beloved profession, a mistress, or a new chance to return to interesting surgery and grow his career help him?
Both inside and outside the operating theatre, it's sometimes hard to tell who's playing what game, who is the winner and who is the loser, and where the next path will lead. Hynek G. often has no choice but to hope he won't sink to rock bottom.
