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Pharmakon
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Title Description “I was born because a man came to kill my father.” William Friedrich, an ambitious professor of psychology at Yale in the early 1950s, has stumbled upon a drug that promises happiness–and that can make him a famous man. His is a humanitarian effort; an attempt to relieve Americans of suffering, and the early results are so promising that Friedrich stakes his future on it. But when his experiment goes awry and a research subject, a brilliant and troubled Yale student, commits murder, the consequences will haunt him and his family forever. PHARMAKON is an epic invocation of the quest for bliss, for love, for family and prosperity, and all of the betrayals that follow. Through the eyes of the youngest son, Zach, we follow the Friedrichs from the well-ordered suburban life of postwar America through the chaos and freedom of the counterculture into the drug-fueled, media-crazed eighties and beyond. Honest, insightful, and ruefully funny, PHARMAKON captures formative moments of the twentieth century and the telling traits of an American family. Recommendations Customers who ordered this book also ordered: 1. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd; read by Eliza Foss. (CD or Tape) 2. The Letters by Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger; read by Bruce Turk and Donna Rawlins. (CD or Tape) 3. Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods; read by Tony Roberts. (CD or Tape) Customer Reviews Have you listened to this audiobook? Please submit your ratings and review it! |
