MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02135cam a2200385 i 4500
001 2014018060
003 DLC
005 20150620081856.0
008 140530s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2014018060
020 $a9780316278751 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3603.L36877$bS94 2014
082 00 $a813/.6$223
084 $aFIC019000$aFIC016000$aFIC045000$aFIC052000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aClark, Stephan Eirik.
245 10 $aSweetness #9 :$ba novel /$cStephan Eirik Clark.
246 3 $aSweetnes number nine
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bLittle, Brown and Company,$c2014.
300 $a336 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"It's 1973, and David Leveraux is a young and ambitious flavor chemist working at a world-renowned flavor-production house. While testing a new artificial sweetener--Sweetness #9--he notices some unsettling side effects in the laboratory rats and monkeys: anxiety, obesity, mutism, and a general dissatisfaction with life. Years later, Sweetness #9 is America's most popular sweetener--and David's family is changing. His wife is gaining weight, his son has stopped using verbs, and his daughter is generally dissatsified with her life. Is Sweetness #9 to blame, along with David's failure to stop it? Or are these just symptoms of the human condition? David's search for an answer unfolds in this expansive novel that is at once a comic satire, a family story, and an exploration of our deepest cultural anxieties. Wickedly funny and wildly imaginative, Sweetness #9 questions whether what we eat makes us truly who we are"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aWeight gain$vFiction.
650 0 $aEating disorders$vFiction.
650 0 $aSweeteners$vFiction.
650 0 $aFamily life$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Humorous.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Family Life.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Satire.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aHumorous fiction.$2gsafd