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Product Identifiers
PublisherCeladon Press
ISBN-100963418513
ISBN-139780963418517
eBay Product ID (ePID)71687316
Product Key Features
Book TitleSide Effects : a Novel
Number of Pages382 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorHarvey Jacobs
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
LCCN2008-936838
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisSide Effects, a novel by Harvey Jacobs, the award-winning author of American Goliath, recounts the medical misadventures of Simon Apple, whose life has been one long battle with Miracle Cures, each of which requires yet another Miracle Cure to curb an increasingly bizarre series of unintended consequences. Now, Simon awaits the lethal stroke of midnight on Death Row when he will make the supreme sacrificegiving his life for the sake of the pharmaceutical industry. A steady parade of visitorsfamily, friends, enemies and lovers come to wish him bon voyage on the day of his final exitwhile Simons nemesis, Regis Van Clay, celebrates. Side Effects is a rollicking ride through a life that ranges from horrendous to hilarious, a resonant contemporary reading adventure where RX marks the spot.