Mr Verghese is an internal-medicine specialist, but his latest work, his first novel, suggests that he dreams of the free flight of fiction and perhaps, secretly, of surgical glory.

• 虽然韦尔盖塞是一名内科专家，但是他最近的作品，也是他的首部小说表明他在梦想着自由地创作小说，或许系底下还幻想着作为外科医生的荣耀。