The M.D. (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas M. Disch
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—mythological
- Time of Work: 1972-1999
- Setting: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1970’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Magic or magicians, Mythology or myths, Midwest, 1980’s, Gods or goddesses, 1990’s, Minnesota
- Locales: Minneapolis, MN
The Plot
The M.D. can be paired loosely with Thomas Disch’s earlier moral story The Businessman: A Tale of Terror (1984) and with his more recent critical play The Cardinal Detoxes (1990). Both explore questions of guilt and responsibility, and both place fantastic events firmly in the realm of the everyday. The M.D. concerns the use and abuse of mystical powers by William Michaels and his increasingly complex relationship with the god Mercury. Throughout the novel, the power of the good cure is balanced with the evil of disease and death....
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