- Chemical plants, Real estate agents, Diseases, Carcinogens
A soap company establishes itself in Massachusetts, bringing better hygiene and employment to the community. But there is a negative side, pollution, and the victim is Laura, a woman suffering from cancer. A look at the pros and cons of progress. By the author of Galatea 2.2.
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Grave, contemporary, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Richard Powers
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 362
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Heinemann, Picador
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374159962
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