New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, the story of an 18th century surgeon who is unable to feel any form of physical pain. A NY Times notable book and winner of several awards in England where it was first published, including the 1997 James Tait Black Memorial Award and the Dublin Award. Donald Harington called it 'a work of stunning narrative ingenuity, an historical novel not lost in the past but overwhelmed by new life.' 337 pp. ISBN: 0-15-100254.