The Road to Wellville
Subgenre: fanaticism - Subgenre: quacks, eccentrics - Subgenre: business - Subgenre: humorous fiction, general, black humor, ribald - Subgenre: based on a true story, historical fiction - Subgenre: sanatoriums - Format: Paperback - Author: T. C. Boyle
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Description
[ Edition: Reprint ]
Specifications
Subgenre
sanatoriums
Format
Paperback
Author
T. C. Boyle
The Road to Wellville
By:
T. C. Boyle
Paperback
Penguin USA (05/01/1994)
ISBN: 0140167188
Penguin USA (05/01/1994)
ISBN: 0140167188
Publisher's Note
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.
Editiorial Reviews
Review by Jane Smiley ((unknown)): "A marvel, enjoyable from beginning to end."
Review (Vogue): "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."
Review (Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)): "Boyle creates his characters with great Dickensian glee."
Review (Dallas Morning News): "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."
Review (Vogue): "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."
Review (Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)): "Boyle creates his characters with great Dickensian glee."
Review (Dallas Morning News): "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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