The Resource Eight lives, Susan Hurley
Eight lives, Susan Hurley
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The item Eight lives, Susan Hurley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Eight lives, Susan Hurley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Former refugee David Tran becomes the Golden Boy of Australian medical research and invents a drug that could transform immunology. Eight volunteers are recruited for the first human trial, a crucial step on the path to global fame for David and windfall gains for his investors. But when David dies in baffling circumstances, motives are put under the microscope. With its origins in a real-life drug trial that ended in tragedy, Eight Lives is told from the perspectives of David's friends, family and business associates, who all played a role in his downfall. A smart, sophisticated thriller that explores power, class and prejudice, Eight Lives will keep you engrossed until the last page
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Eight lives
- Title
- Eight lives
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan Hurley
- Title variation
- 8 lives
- Subject
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- Australian fiction -- 21st century
- Clinical trials -- Fiction
- Death -- Causes -- Fiction
- Medical fiction
- trueMedical research
- Medical research personnel -- Fiction
- Medicine -- Research -- Fiction
- trueMelbourne, Victoria
- trueMurder
- trueMurder suspects
- trueRefugees
- trueScientists
- trueAustralia
- trueSuspicion
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueVaccines
- trueSuspense fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Former refugee David Tran becomes the Golden Boy of Australian medical research and invents a drug that could transform immunology. Eight volunteers are recruited for the first human trial, a crucial step on the path to global fame for David and windfall gains for his investors. But when David dies in baffling circumstances, motives are put under the microscope. With its origins in a real-life drug trial that ended in tragedy, Eight Lives is told from the perspectives of David's friends, family and business associates, who all played a role in his downfall. A smart, sophisticated thriller that explores power, class and prejudice, Eight Lives will keep you engrossed until the last page
- Award
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- Davitt Awards, Debut Crime, 2020.
- Librarians' Choice (Australia), 2019
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10763344
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hurley, Susan
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Medicine
- Clinical trials
- Medical research personnel
- Death
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Eight lives, Susan Hurley
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000065147434
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 376 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925712766
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091769661
- Label
- Eight lives, Susan Hurley
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000065147434
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 376 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925712766
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091769661
Subject
- Australian fiction -- 21st century
- Clinical trials -- Fiction
- Death -- Causes -- Fiction
- Medical fiction
- trueMedical research
- Medical research personnel -- Fiction
- Medicine -- Research -- Fiction
- trueMelbourne, Victoria
- trueMurder
- trueMurder suspects
- trueRefugees
- trueScientists
- trueAustralia
- trueSuspicion
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueVaccines
- trueSuspense fiction
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- trueLibrarians' Choice (Australia): 2019
- trueThrillers and Suspense (AU)
- trueDavitt Awards (Australia): Best Debut
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