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GainRichard Powers

Gain

1998362 pages
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10 editions · 2 languages

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A soap company establishes itself in Massachusetts, bringing better hygiene and employment to the community. But there is a negative side, pollution, and the victim is Laura, a woman suffering from cancer. A look at the pros and cons of progress. By the author of Galatea 2.2.

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10 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    Picador · 416 pages · 9780312429096
  • Other · English · 2021
    Penguin Random House · 368 pages · 9781529115918
  • Other · English · 2010
    Penguin Random House · 9781446413425
  • Other · English · 2010
    Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 368 pages · 9781429941693
  • Other · English · 2010
    Penguin Random House · 368 pages · 9781446413418
  • Other · English · 2001
    Vintage · 355 pages · 9780099284468
Chemical plantsReal estate agentsDiseasesCarcinogensSingle mothersOvariesFictionFiction, legal