The Organ Grinders
2 journalers for this copy...
I bought this book at Fair Trade Books in Red Wing, MN when I was there for my Aunt Judy Christianson's funeral in January.
Bill Fitzhugh's widely acclaimed novel Pest Control (among a torrent of nationwide praise, People called it "stingingly funny") signaled the arrival of a unique young conjuror of comic suspense. Now Fitzhugh gains his satirical eye on 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 50,000 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.
Bill Fitzhugh's widely acclaimed novel Pest Control (among a torrent of nationwide praise, People called it "stingingly funny") signaled the arrival of a unique young conjuror of comic suspense. Now Fitzhugh gains his satirical eye on 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 50,000 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.
Journal Entry 2 by notbob at Little Free Library - see release note in Omaha, Nebraska USA on Thursday, December 16, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (12/12/2021 UTC) at Little Free Library - see release note in Omaha, Nebraska USA
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I released this at Little Free Library #15219 and picked up The Other Wes Moore.
I picked this up from LFL #15219 and released Dead Silence.
Journal Entry 4 by notbob at Little Free Library - see release note in Omaha, Nebraska USA on Sunday, January 23, 2022
Released 2 yrs ago (1/22/2022 UTC) at Little Free Library - see release note in Omaha, Nebraska USA
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I released this at Little Free Library #68350 and picked up Stephen Sondheim and the Reinvention of the American Musical.
I picked this up and released Coronation.
Journal Entry 6 by notbob at Little Free Library - see release note in Omaha, Nebraska USA on Monday, February 21, 2022
Released 2 yrs ago (2/20/2022 UTC) at Little Free Library - see release note in Omaha, Nebraska USA
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I took advantage of an unseasonably nice day to go release some books. I left this at an unregistered Little Free Library at 859 S. 60th Street and picked up Payment in Blood.
I went on my North Omaha route for the first time since January! Slightly different experience as the temperature was between 75 and 95 today. I picked this up and released Late Bloomers.
Journal Entry 8 by notbob at Little Free Library - see release note in Omaha, Nebraska USA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (7/10/2022 UTC) at Little Free Library - see release note in Omaha, Nebraska USA
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I released this at LFL #100959 and picked up Rose Harbor in Bloom.
Found this on a bench in Memorial Park after reuniting with my hubby. We're planning to rerelease it this weekend. Thanks for the awesome surprise and read. We appreciate you notbob!