In the fall of 1846, young medical student Adolph Pinto witnesses a demonstration of anesthesia and sets off on a lifelong quest to bring "life without pain" to the masses. A darkly comic and sweeping novel in which Pinto endures every tribulation with hope.
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In the fall of 1846, young medical student Adolph Pinto witnesses a demonstration of anesthesia and sets off on a lifelong quest to bring "life without pain" to the masses. A darkly comic and sweeping novel in which Pinto endures every tribulation with hope.
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Very Good. Name on endpage, no spine creases & mild wear on cover. From Publishers Weekly The eponymous protagonist of Epstein's ( King of the Jews ) nightmarishly imaginative new novel is an Hungarian-Jewish immigrant to Boston in 1845, where he for a short time attends Harvard Medical College, until an ill-fated exper.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, Fine in near fine black pictorial dj. First edition, first printing. 419 pp. A novel about Adolph Pinto, an idealistic medical student, disgraced, who is forced to travel to the gold fields of California. Much of this novel is based on the true story of the Modocs battles in the lava fields of Northern California.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Like New dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. pp. 419. ISBN: 0-395-54704-0. 7300 shelf. Black cloth spine & bds. Slightly bumped lower corners, faint water specks top edge. No names, clean text. Near-perfect dust jacket. Designed by Robert Overholtzer. H. Daumier dj art. Solid 419 pgs.
