The Very Air A Novel |
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| Author:
| Bauer, Douglas |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60938-268-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.50 |
Book Description:
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Luther Mathias sells "snake oil" in scrubby West Texas dirt towns. He learns that substance is never a substitute for style and eventually develops his own remedies that promise to cure any ailment a man might suffer. In time, his imagination and ambition combine to mold him into medicine's version of Elmer Gantry: loved and hated, imponderably wealthy and famous, powerful and pursued.
Luther Mathias sells "snake oil" in scrubby West Texas dirt towns. He learns that substance is never a substitute for style and eventually develops his own remedies that promise to cure any ailment a man might suffer. In time, his imagination and ambition combine to mold him into medicine's version of Elmer Gantry: loved and hated, imponderably wealthy and famous, powerful and pursued.