Rating: 5.0
What it's about:
Welcome to Wellville--Battle Creek, Michigan, in the age of ragtime. Join the rich and the famous who flock to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's celebrated spa to cure all life's ills--including death. Meat is forbidden, sex is verboten--but rules are made to be broken when the strong of mind find how weak the flesh can be. This furiously funny novel shows how bad what's good for you can get when you put yourself in the monstrously manipulative hands of the man who invented corn flakes. -taken from back of book
My thoughts:
This is one fantastic, highly entertaining story! It's full of wit, humor and energy. T.C. Boyle is a wonderful writer and his style shines in The Road to Wellville. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg is larger than life in these pages and a bit of an eccentric. The book seems well researched and put together and makes for a very lively read!
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