Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook (1996, Mass Market)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100425151867
ISBN-139780425151860
eBay Product ID (ePID)791633

Product Key Features

Book TitleAcceptable Risk
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Thrillers / Suspense, Medical, Thrillers / Medical, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Publication Year1996
GenreFiction
AuthorRobin Cook
Book SeriesA Medical Thriller Ser.
FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1 in
Item Weight7.6 Oz
Item Length6.7 in
Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
ReviewsPraise for Robin Cook and Acceptable Risk : "Cook can write up a storm and spin a taut tale... A master."-- Kirkus Reviews "The master of the medical thriller keeps the suspense mounting and the pages turning."-- San Francisco Chronicle
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisThe bestselling "master of the medical thriller" ( The New York Times) confronts one of the most compelling issues of our time: personality-altering drugs and the complex moral questions they raise. When neuroscientist Edward Armstrong begins dating Kimberly Stewart, a descendant of a woman who was hanged as a witch at the time of the Salem witch trials, he takes advantage of the opportunity to delve into a pet theory: that the "devil" in Salem in 1692 had been a hallucinogenic drug inadvertently consumed with mold-tainted grain. In an attempt to prove his theory, Edward grows the mold he believes responsible with samples from the Stewart estate. In a brilliant designer-drug transformation, the poison becomes Ultra, the next generation of antidepressants with truly startling therapeutic capabilties. But who can be sure the drug is safe for consumers? Who defines the boundaries of "normal" human behavior? And if the drug's side effects are proven to be dangerous--even terrifying--how far will the medical community go to alter their standards of acceptable risk?, Robin Cook has always been on the cutting edge of the latest medical controversies. In Acceptable Risk , he confronts one of the most provocative issues of our time: personality-altering drugs and the complex moral questions they raise. Neuroscientist Edward Armstrong has managed to isolate a psychotropic drug with a strange and dark history--one that may account for the public hysteria during the Salem witch trials. In a brilliant designer-drug transformation, it is developed into an antidepressant with truly startling therapeutic capabilities. But who can be sure the drug is safe for consumers? Who defines the boundaries of "normal" human behavior? And if the drug's side effects are proven to be dangerous--even terrifying--how far will the medical community go to alter their standards of... Acceptable Risk .
LC Classification NumberPS3568.O243

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