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Prodded by his formidable Aunt Bertha to become a doctor,
college-grad, Gene McKee, agrees to explore Europe in search of a
welcoming medical school. Seizing the opportunity will provide
relief from the tedium and stench of a temporary job as a fish
cutter in Rhode Island. The frustrations and apparent futility of
the quest, extending through Ireland, England, Scotland, and
France, test his resolve. But just before the clock's final tick,
an unlikely acceptance to the College of Surgeons in Dublin opens
the door to a future not exactly of his own choosing. McKee's
rite-of-passage travelogue is replete with anecdotes of medical
school and Dublin life during the late 1950's and early 60's.
Recounted with self-deprecating humor and considerable honesty, we
witness McKee's transformation from a reluctant medical student to
a competent physician. Enjoyably peppered with historical tidbits,
amorous entanglements, and imaginative riffs, reading Doc and
seeing Ireland with its rich cast of "characters" through a young
Irish-American's eyes, will surely bring smiles to the faces of
readers and for some a twinge of recognition.
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