The Facemaker

{{short description|1968 novel by Richard Gordon}}

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| author = Richard Gordon

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| genre = Drama

| publisher = Heinemann

| release_date = 1967

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| media_type = Print

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| followed_by = Surgeon at Arms

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The Facemaker is a 1967 novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. It follows the career of Graham Trevose, a pioneering plastic surgeon working in the wake of the First World War on battle casualties. It was a more serious book in contrast to the comic Doctor series for which Gordon was better known.Peacock p.357 It was followed by a sequel Surgeon at Arms in 1968.