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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0140167188
ISBN-13: 9780140167184
May 1994
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
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Contemporary American Fiction Series
Language: English |
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Synopsis
T. C. Boyle tells the fictionalized story of John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of cornflakes. As perhaps the world's most successful health nut, Kellogg founded the Battle Creek Sanitarium, where he preached vegetarianism, colonic irrigation, and various other extreme remedies to his wealthy clients. (On his website, Boyle lists a typical breakfast menu at the spa: Nut Lisbon Steak, Protose Patties, Nuttolene & Jelly, Corn Pulp, Sliced Banana with Beaten Meltose, Granuto, and Graham Grits.) Among those there for the cure are Will and Eleanor Lightbody, who hope to alleviate both their stomach problems and their grief over the death of a child. The action is enlivened by George Kellogg, John's ne'er-do-well son, who tries to undermine his father's empire, and by a young entrepreneur, Charlie Ossining, who has his own ambitions for breakfast food success. Boyle's wry satire takes on American dreams, entrepreneurialism, money-worship, and gullibility with his characteristic comic gusto. It was made into a 1994 movie starring Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Kellogg.
| Details | | Series: | Contemporary American Fiction Series |
| Size | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"A marvel, enjoyable from beginning to end."
Jane Smiley
"Boyle's book has all the nifty plot twists of a spacious John Irving novel, and it is on fire with historical detail... Boyle has the gloriously perverse knack of persuading you to laugh at the most disgusting places."
"Boyle creates his characters with great Dickensian glee."
"A fascinating slice of Americana... a classic tale of dreams doomed and renewed... as well as the evils of dyspepsia... the nightmares of neuralgia, and the tribulations of the alimintary canal."
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