Gain (novel)
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Author | Richard Powers |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
Publication date | 1998 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 355 p. |
ISBN | 9780374159962 |
OCLC | 231971293 |
Gain (ISBN 0-374-15996-3) is a novel by Richard Powers published by in 1998. It tells the stories of Clare International, a chemical conglomerate with origins in soap manufacturing in the early 18th century, and Laura Bodey, a 42-year-old divorcée living near Clare International's headquarters who develops ovarian cancer. It won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1999.
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