THE SURGEON (245 pp.)W. C. Heinz Doubleday ($3.95).
Though the action covers less than a day in the life of Dr. Matthew Carter, this new novel is practically a shooting script for a new TV series. All the elements of Casey and Kildare are abundantly present: 1) gruff-seeming doctors beset by demanding patients, 2) flippant nurses, 3) crisp dialogue given a spurious weight by repetition ("Are you sure? Are you absolutely sure?" "Yes, we're sure"), and 4) big, dramatic scenes in the operating room with the surgeon rapping out such commands as "Toothed forceps and a knife with a number eleven blade!"
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