Misspent Youth
โ Scribed by Hamilton, Peter F
- Book ID
- 107019745
- Publisher
- PAN, 2004
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 198 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780330480222
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
EDITORIAL REVIEW: It is forty years in the future and, following decades of research and trillions of euros spent on genetics, Europe is finally in a position to rejuvenate a human being. The first subjest chosen for treatment is Jeff Baker, the father of the datasphere (whihc replaced the Internet) and philanthropist extraordinaire. After 18 months in a German medical facility, the 78-year-old patient returns home looking like a healthy 20-year-old.'' Misspent Youth'' follows the effect his reappearance has on his friends and family - his young ex-model wife Sue, his teenage son Tim, and his long term pals, themselves all pensioners, who are starting to resent what Jeff has become.
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