TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 202 LP - 202 DO - 10.3399/bjgp15X684553 VL - 65 IS - 633 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2015/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/65/633/202.1.abstract N2 - A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor John Berger, Jean Mohr Canongate Books, 2015, HB, 176pp, £14.99, 978-1-782115-01-4First published in 1967, this is one of those must-read general practice books, essential for every trainer, trainee, and practice library, and one, I suspect, that has been more frequently recommended than read. It has been re-issued this year with an introduction by Dr Gavin Francis. Anyone coming fresh to A Fortunate Man, expecting a paean to idyllic country general practice, will be disappointed, because the romanticised hero of John Berger’s extended essay is a deeply troubled individual to whom the epithet ‘fortunate’ can be applied, at best, with irony.Berger, now 88, is a distinguished critic and Booker Prize winner. He met the central character of the book, Dr John Eskell, as a patient … ER -