Organ Grinders
Organ Grinders by Bill Fitzhugh is a humorous fiction novel published by Harper Collins on March 29, 2005. This edition spans 400 pages and presents a satirical exploration of the intersection between medical science and corporate interests, showcasing Fitzhugh’s unique comedic style. The narrative follows Paul Symon, an environmentalist striving to improve the world amidst overwhelming public indifference and the machinations of venture capitalist Jerry Landis, who is desperate to find a cure for his rare disease.
Readers will encounter a blend of outrageous scenarios involving illegal biotechnology experiments and the breeding of genetically altered primates in Mississippi. The story also features an eco-terrorist intent on delivering lessons to those who exploit the Earth. With its mix of humor and social commentary, Organ Grinders offers a distinctive take on contemporary issues, inviting readers to engage with the absurdities of modern life and the lengths to which individuals will go for profit and survival.
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Bill Fitzhugh strikes again! Following his widely acclaimed debut novel, Pest Control (The [London] Times called it “one of the funniest, most off-beat thrillers in years”), Fitzhugh turns his satirical eye to the merging of medical science and big business — with hilarious and outrageous results.
Paul Symon is an environmentalist who’s out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process.
Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his medical condition. That brings him and his fortune to the wild frontier of biotechnology, where his people are illegally experimenting with cross-species organ transplantation in California while breeding genetically altered primates at a secret site in the piney woods of south-central Mississippi.
There’s also an eco-terrorist on the loose, bent on teaching hard lessons to people who think the Earth and its creatures are theirs to destroy. These forces, together with fifty thousand extra-large chacma baboons, collide in an explosion of laughter and wonder that Bill Fitzhugh’s growing league of admirers is coming to recognize as his very own.
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