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User Review - gbill - LibraryThingSpoiler alert. Beep beep beep. The Doctor and the Devils is a screenplay Dylan Thomas wrote to dramatize the real-life 19th century case of famed Scottish Dr. Knox, who paid disreputable men for ... Read full review
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User Review - antiquary - LibraryThingVery vivid but extremely grim version of Burke and Hare -- the names are changed (Broom and Fallon, and Dr. Rock for thei man who bought bodies from them instead of Dr. Cox) but in general it follows ... Read full review
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