The Resurrectionist

At South Carolina Medical College, Dr Jacob Thacker is on probation for Xanax abuse. His interim careerworking in the universitys public relations departmenttakes an unnerving detour into the past when the bones of African American slaves are unearthed on campus. In the nineteenth century, Nemo ("no man"), a slave purchased for his unusual knife skills, becomes an unacknowledged member of the surgical faculty by dayand by night, a "resurrectionist", responsible for procuring bodies for medical study. With exceptional storytelling, pacing and skill, Matthew Guinn relates a gothic tale of shocking crimes and exquisite revenge, a riveting and satisfying moral parable of the American South.