Intuition (Wheeler Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover

Allegra Goodman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1597222631 ISBN 13: 9781597222631

Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

'[Goodman's] characters so live and breathe on the page that they could get up and make you a cup of coffee while you finish the next chapter. Intuition is a stunning achievement.' EconomistSandy Glass and Marion Mendelssohn work together as co-directors of a cancer research lab in Boston. As mentors and supervisors to their young proteges, they demand dedication and respect in a competitive environment where funding is scarce and results elusive. So when the experiments of Cliff Bannaker, one of the youngest members of their team, begin to produce encouraging results, the entire lab becomes giddy with expectations . . . But jealousy soon breeds suspicion and Cliff's colleague - and girlfriend - Robin Decker begins to suspect the unthinkable: that his findings and Cliff maintains his innocence, a life-changing controversy engulfs the lab and everyone in it . . . The result is an entirely unforgettable novel, as revealing about human nature as it is about the real life of science.'Winningly original . . . Goodman transports us in a fugue state of first-class storytelling . . . to the heart of the matter: what it means to be - merely, magnificently - human.' Elle

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Review

"Superb.... a delicate analysis of how an ethics scandal filters through the sensibility of brilliant and brilliantly realized characters. It's a tricky operation that Goodman performs with a precision of a scientist, and the flair of an artist at the top of her game. A."-"-Entertainment Weekly
"This is a story of love and science both gone wrong, and Goodman handles the narrative and its wide web of details with efficiency and grace, bringing a novelist's eye to bear on a realm too often ignored."--"O Magazine
"Powerful.... [An] extremely engaging novel that reflects the stops and starts of the scientific process, as well as its dependence on the complicated individuals who do the work.... A truly humanist novel from the supposedly antiseptic halls of science."--"Publishers Weekly
"This brilliant novel shows a world of labs and researchers which seems unfamiliar to some of us, yet it's a world intimately relevant to our existence--our fallibility and vulnerability. Page by page the story shimmers with insights into the subtlety and complexity of human psychology and relationships. Allegra Goodman writes like a master." --Ha-Jin, National Book Award winning author of "WAITING and "WAR TRASH
"What a feat, to pull off a large story of science and politics in the here and now, with beautifully drawn and compelling characters, with all the large and small details of their lives. What a gift not to pass judgement on any of them, to love each character equally and fairly. The ending is perfection." -- Jane Hamilton, author of "THE MAP OF THE WORLD and "THE BOOK OF RUTH
"Goodman's interests--if not always her sympathies--lie with her all-too-human albeit brilliantcreations....her portrayals of these scientists, in and out of their lab coats, are of the richest texture. These characters are only as beset by vanity, selfishness, egotism as the rest of us. But in the fiercely competitive, high-stakes world of cancer research, it's enough for careers-and lives-to be destroyed." --"Vogue
"The best major American novel of the year so far" -- "The New York Sun
"Winningly original...In smartly unfolding scenes of scientific intrigue, political maneuvering, romance, and complex alliances, these memorably drawn characters play out their personal and professional dreams and deceptions. Goodman transports us in a fugue state of first-class storytelling from the bare-bones basement of the Philpott to the gleaming halls of Congress and back, Ebring[ing] us that much closer to the heart of the matter: what it means to be-merely, magnificently-human." -- "Elle
"Believe it or not, a thriller and a page-turner about scientific fraud. Brilliant." -- "The Guardian
"There's something of the breadth and generosity of a Victorian "three-decker" novel in the skill with which Goodman threads her ingenious plot through an ambitious mobilization of terse confrontations and detail-crammed scenes...Top-notch in every respect. A superlative novel." -- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

" Goodman's characters and story are luxuriously imagined.... [She] meticulously charts the insidiousness of doubt, showing how it metastasizes." -- " Newsday"
" Superb.... a delicate analysis of how an ethics scandal filters through the sensibility of brilliant and brilliantly realized characters. It's a tricky operation that Goodman performs with a precision of a scientist, and the flair of an artist at the top of her game. A." -- " Entertainment Weekly"
" This is a story of love and science both gone wrong, and Goodman handles the narrative and its wide web of details with efficiency and grace, bringing a novelist's eye to bear on a realm too often ignored." -- " O Magazine"
" Powerful.... [An] extremely engaging novel that reflects the stops and starts of the scientific process, as well as its dependence on the complicated individuals who do the work.... A truly humanist novel from the supposedly antiseptic halls of science." -- " Publishers Weekly"
" This brilliant novel shows a world of labs and researchers which seems unfamiliar to some of us, yet it's a world intimately relevant to our existence-- our fallibility and vulnerability. Page by page the story shimmers with insights into the subtlety and complexity of human psychology and relationships. Allegra Goodman writes like a master." -- Ha-Jin, National Book Award winning author of "WAITING" and "WAR TRASH
"" What a feat, to pull off a large story of science and politics in the here and now, with beautifully drawn and compelling characters, with all the large and small details of their lives. What a gift not to passjudgement on any of them, to love each character equally and fairly. The ending is perfection." -- Jane Hamilton, author of "THE MAP OF THE WORLD" and "THE BOOK OF RUTH"
" Goodman's interests-- if not always her sympathies-- lie with her all-too-human albeit brilliant creations....her portrayals of these scientists, in and out of their lab coats, are of the richest texture. These characters are only as beset by vanity, selfishness, egotism as the rest of us. But in the fiercely competitive, high-stakes world of cancer research, it's enough for careers- and lives- to be destroyed." -- "Vogue
"" The best major American novel of the year so far" -- "The New York Sun
"" Winningly original...In smartly unfolding scenes of scientific intrigue, political maneuvering, romance, and complex alliances, these memorably drawn characters play out their personal and professional dreams and deceptions. Goodman transports us in a fugue state of first-class storytelling from the bare-bones basement of the Philpott to the gleaming halls of Congress and back, E bring[ing] us that much closer to the heart of the matter: what it means to be- merely, magnificently- human." -- "Elle
"" Believe it or not, a thriller and a page-turner about scientific fraud. Brilliant." -- "The Guardian"
" There's something of the breadth and generosity of a Victorian " three-decker" novel in the skill with which Goodman threads her ingenious plot through an ambitious mobilization of terse confrontations and detail-crammed scenes...Top-notch in everyrespect. A superlative novel." -- "Kirkus Reviews "(starred review)

"From the Hardcover edition."

"Goodman's characters and story are luxuriously imagined.... [She] meticulously charts the insidiousness of doubt, showing how it metastasizes." -- Newsday
"Superb.... a delicate analysis of how an ethics scandal filters through the sensibility of brilliant and brilliantly realized characters. It's a tricky operation that Goodman performs with a precision of a scientist, and the flair of an artist at the top of her game. A." -- Entertainment Weekly
"This is a story of love and science both gone wrong, and Goodman handles the narrative and its wide web of details with efficiency and grace, bringing a novelist's eye to bear on a realm too often ignored."-- O Magazine
"Powerful.... [An] extremely engaging novel that reflects the stops and starts of the scientific process, as well as its dependence on the complicated individuals who do the work.... A truly humanist novel from the supposedly antiseptic halls of science."-- Publishers Weekly
"This brilliant novel shows a world of labs and researchers which seems unfamiliar to some of us, yet it's a world intimately relevant to our existence--our fallibility and vulnerability. Page by page the story shimmers with insights into the subtlety and complexity of human psychology and relationships. Allegra Goodman writes like a master." --Ha-Jin, National Book Award winning author of WAITING and WAR TRASH
"What a feat, to pull off a large story of science and politics in the here and now, with beautifully drawn and compelling characters, with all the large and small details of their lives. What a gift not to pass judgement on any of them, to love each character equally and fairly. The ending is perfection." -- Jane Hamilton, author of THE MAP OF THE WORLD and THE BOOK OF RUTH
"Goodman's interests--if not always her sympathies--lie with her all-too-human albeit brilliant creations....her portrayals of these scientists, in and out of their lab coats, are of the richest texture. These characters are only as beset by vanity, selfishness, egotism as the rest of us. But in the fiercely competitive, high-stakes world of cancer research, it's enough for careers-and lives-to be destroyed." -- Vogue
"The best major American novel of the year so far" -- The New York Sun
"Winningly original...In smartly unfolding scenes of scientific intrigue, political maneuvering, romance, and complex alliances, these memorably drawn characters play out their personal and professional dreams and deceptions. Goodman transports us in a fugue state of first-class storytelling from the bare-bones basement of the Philpott to the gleaming halls of Congress and back, Ebring[ing] us that much closer to the heart of the matter: what it means to be-merely, magnificently-human." -- Elle

"Believe it or not, a thriller and a page-turner about scientific fraud. Brilliant." -- The Guardian
"There's something of the breadth and generosity of a Victorian "three-decker" novel in the skill with which Goodman threads her ingenious plot through an ambitious mobilization of terse confrontations and detail-crammed scenes...Top-notch in every respect. A superlative novel." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From the Hardcover edition.

Book Description

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2009
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZE 2009

Now in promotable papebrack, Allegra Goodman's brilliantly original bestseller Intuition is a maginficently dramatic character-driven novel, at once an intricate mystery and a rich human drama in the tradition of The Corrections.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597222631
• ISBN 13: 9781597222631
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 623