Organ Grinders - by Bill Fitzhugh (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>When noble environmentalist Paul Symon meets a dying venture capitalist, he gets flung into the wild frontier of biotechnology, and illegal cross-species organ transplantation. There's also an eco-terrorist on the loose, bent on teaching some nasty lessons. These forces collide in an explosion of laughter and wonder that is pure Fitzhugh.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Bill Fitzhugh strikes again! Following his widely acclaimed debut novel, Pest Control (The <em>[London] Times</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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 trains his satirical eye on the merging of medical science and big business -- with hilarious and outrageous results.<P>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"... laugh-out-loud funny... Fitzhugh melds deadly seriousness and satire to keep the customer satisfied."--CNN.com<br><br>"...a funny book that satirizes advances in biotechnology."--Rocky Mountain News<br><br>"His wit and style are as compelling as his tightly wound thriller plots...the result is an awe-inspiring feat.--Washington Post<br><br>"If there's anybody currently working hard at resuscitating the art of political incorrectness, it's Fitzhugh.--Library Journal<br><br>"If Michael Crichton and Carl Hiaasen collaborated...the result might look a lot like this very bizarre novel."--Booklist<br>
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