- Fiction, Human experimentation in medicine, Muscle strength, Loneliness
Scientist Abednego Danner discovers a serum which grants superpowers. He injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son is born with powers like those of Superman (created a few years later). What follows is the story of Hugo's search for his place in the world.
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Grave, classical in form, spare and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Philip Wylie
- First published
- 1930
- Pages
- 210
- Publisher
- manor books, Manor Books, Standard Ebooks
- Editions
- 48
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781973789994
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