The Resurrectionist /
Dunlap, A. Rae,
The Resurrectionist / A. Rae Dunlap. - First Kensington hardcover edition. - 329 pages ; 22 cm
Includes discussion questions.
"Edinburgh, Scotland, 1828. Naive but determined James Willoughby has abandoned his posh, sheltered life at Oxford to pursue a lifelong dream of studying surgery in Edinburgh. A shining beacon of medical discovery in the age of New Enlightenment, the city's university offers everything James desires--except the chance to work on a human cadaver. For that, he needs to join one of the private schools in Surgeon's Square, at a cost he cannot afford. In desperation, he strikes a deal with Aneurin 'Nye' MacKinnon, a dashing young dissectionist with an artist's eye for anatomy and a reckless passion for knowledge. Nye promises to help him gain the surgical experience he craves--but it doesn't take long for James to realize he's made a devil's bargain. Nye is a body snatcher. And James has unwittingly become his accomplice. Intoxicated by Nye and his noble mission, James rapidly descends into the underground ranks of the Resurrectionists--the body snatchers infamous for stealing fresh corpses from churchyards to be used as anatomical specimens"--
9781496750341
2024943030
Gay men--Fiction.
Medical colleges--Fiction.
Body snatching--Fiction.
Serial murderers--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Dissection--Fiction.
Surgery--Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Social life and customs--19th century --Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.
Gothic fiction.
Gay fiction.
Queer fiction.
813/.6
The Resurrectionist / A. Rae Dunlap. - First Kensington hardcover edition. - 329 pages ; 22 cm
Includes discussion questions.
"Edinburgh, Scotland, 1828. Naive but determined James Willoughby has abandoned his posh, sheltered life at Oxford to pursue a lifelong dream of studying surgery in Edinburgh. A shining beacon of medical discovery in the age of New Enlightenment, the city's university offers everything James desires--except the chance to work on a human cadaver. For that, he needs to join one of the private schools in Surgeon's Square, at a cost he cannot afford. In desperation, he strikes a deal with Aneurin 'Nye' MacKinnon, a dashing young dissectionist with an artist's eye for anatomy and a reckless passion for knowledge. Nye promises to help him gain the surgical experience he craves--but it doesn't take long for James to realize he's made a devil's bargain. Nye is a body snatcher. And James has unwittingly become his accomplice. Intoxicated by Nye and his noble mission, James rapidly descends into the underground ranks of the Resurrectionists--the body snatchers infamous for stealing fresh corpses from churchyards to be used as anatomical specimens"--
9781496750341
2024943030
Gay men--Fiction.
Medical colleges--Fiction.
Body snatching--Fiction.
Serial murderers--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Dissection--Fiction.
Surgery--Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Social life and customs--19th century --Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.
Gothic fiction.
Gay fiction.
Queer fiction.
813/.6