Contact Wounds - Jonathan Kaplan (2005)Jonathan Kaplan was born, and grew up in South Africa. He then became a general surgeon specialising in trauma work which took him to various war hotspots.
The first part of the book was about his growing up and living in South Africa, which I enjoyed and was quite interesting. The second part, which I thought would interest me more, about his work as a surgeon, felt disjointed and I couldn't wait for it to end. It felt a bit like interesting dinner party stories thrown together with no real connection between them, so I lost interest, but had already read 150+ pages. I took some advice a long time ago, and I can't remember where it was from, but it was that if you don't enjoy the first 100, don't carry on.
Apparently he has written a better first book called "The Dressing Station" so maybe this book was just a filler of the stories that were edited out of book one. I should have maybe taken time to look for the earlier work, but was browsing and it was a random pick off the library shelves. Sorry Jonathan I am going to do a Simon Cowell, just a 1/5 for me.
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