Abraham Verghese

A practicing physician and a professor of medicine at Stanford University, Abraham Verghese is the author of "My Own Country" and "Cutting for Stone". His writing has appeared in "The New Yorker", "Granta", and other publications. He lives in Palo Alto, California.

Abraham Verghese book reviews

  • Cutting for Stone 5 out of 5

    Excellent Novel

    by Robert M, Dec 15, 2011

    This is a very well written, educatonal and interesting novel. Excellent character development. One the best novels I've read in years.
    My only negative has nothing to do with the book itself, ... read more

  • My Own Country: A Doctor's Story 5 out of 5

    Sublime story

    by Beebe1, Sep 3, 2010

    Having become enamored of Dr. Verghese's writing in "Cutting For Stone" I had to read more by this author. He tells his story of being an infectious disease doctor in Johnson City. Tennessee in the ... read more

  • The Tennis Partner 4 out of 5

    another winner

    by tsunami, Dec 5, 2009

    I wanted to read more of this author because I loved his book Cutting For Stone. I am not interested in tennis, but this book was fascinating even though there is a lot about tennis in it. ... read more

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