Book review: A Doctor’s Sword

Truth is really stranger than fiction in the life of Dr Aidan MacCarthy and Bob Jackson’s account, while scrupulous on detail, doesn’t get bogged down with it, writes Eoghan O’Sullivan.

Book review: A Doctor’s Sword
Sat, 22 Oct, 2016 - 01:00
Review: Eoghan O’Sullivan

Bob Jackson

The Collins Press, €22.99

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