The Road to Wellville Paperback - 1994
by T. C. Boyle
Now available in paperback, laced with wicked comic wit, this is the story of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's infamous spa. This comic masterpiece was called "a marvel, enjoyable from beginning to end" by Jane Smiley in The New York Times Book Review. Boyle's most recent novel, East is East was a national bestseller.
Summary
So begins T. Coraghessan Boyle's wickedly comic look at turn-of-the-century fanatics in search of the magic pill to prolong their lives--or the profit to be had from manufacturing it. Brimming with a Dickensian cast of characters and laced with wildly wonderful plot twists, Jane Smiley in the New York Times Book Review called The Road to Wellville "A marvel, enjoyable from beginning to end."
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- Title The Road to Wellville
- Author T. C. Boyle
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 1994-05-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780140167184 / 0140167188
- Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.88 x 5.04 x 0.91 in (20.02 x 12.80 x 2.31 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Humorous stories
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 04/04/1994, Page 0
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