The Resurrectionist

"A fine gothic novel...Be warned: Corpses abound." -Washington Post

At South Carolina Medical College, Dr. Jacob Thacker is on probation for Xanax abuse. His interim career-working university public relations-takes an unnerving detour into the past when the bones of African American slaves are unearthed on campus.

In a parallel narrative set in the nineteenth century, Nemo ("no man"), a university slave purchased for his unusual knife skills, becomes an unacknowledged member of the surgical f...