Bill Fitzhugh

Organ Grinders Bill Fitzhugh

Jacket Description/Back: Bill Fitzhugh's widely acclaimed novel Pest Control (among a torrent of nationwide praise, People called it "stingingly funny") signaled the arrival of a unique young conjuror of comic suspense. Now Fitzhugh trains his satirical eye on the merging of medical science and big business -- with hilarious and outrageous results. Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process. Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his medical condition. That brings him and his fortune to the wild frontier of biotechnology, where his people are illegally experimenting with cross-species organ transplantation in California while breeding genetically altered primates at a secret site in the piney woods of south central Mississippi. There's also an eco-terrorist on the loose, bent on teaching hard lessons to people who think the Earth and its creatures are theirs to destroy. These forces, together with 50,000 extra-large chacma baboons, collide in an explosion of laughter and wonder that Bill Fitzhugh's growing league of admirers is coming to recognize as his very own. Review Quotes: "IT'S NOT EASY WALKING THE TIGHTROPE BETWEEN MEDICAL THRILLERS A LA CRICHTON AND ABSURDIST BLACK COMEDY IN THE HIAASEN MOLD. BUT FITZHUGH MANAGES IT SMOOTHLY". -- BOOKLISTReview Quotes: If there s anybody currently working hard at resuscitating the art of political incorrectness, it s Fitzhugh.--Library JournalReview Quotes: "If Michael Crichton and Carl Hiaasen collaborated...the result might look a lot like this very bizarre novel."--BooklistReview Quotes: ."..a funny book that satirizes advances in biotechnology."--Rocky Mountain NewsReview Quotes: "His wit and style are as compelling as his tightly wound thriller plots...the result is an awe-inspiring feat.--Washington PostReview Quotes: .".. laugh-out-loud funny... Fitzhugh melds deadly seriousness and satire to keep the customer satisfied."--CNN.comReview Quotes: "If there's anybody currently working hard at resuscitating the art of political incorrectness, it's Fitzhugh.--Library JournalReview Quotes: ." laugh-out-loud funny... Fitzhugh melds deadly seriousness and satire to keep the customer satisfied." -- CNN.comReview Quotes: His wit and style are as compelling as his tightly wound thriller plots the result is an awe-inspiring feat.--Washington PostReview Quotes: ...a funny book that satirizes advances in biotechnology. --Rocky Mountain NewsReview Quotes: If Michael Crichton and Carl Hiaasen collaborated...the result might look a lot like this very bizarre novel. --BooklistReview Quotes: laugh-out-loud funny... Fitzhugh melds deadly seriousness and satire to keep the customer satisfied. --CNN.comReview Quotes: ..".a funny book that satirizes advances in biotechnology."--Rocky Mountain NewsMarc Notes: Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process. Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his medical condition. That brings him and his fortune to the wild frontier of biotechnology, where his people are illegally experimenting with cross-species organ transplantation in California while breeding genetically altered primates at a secret site in the piney woods of south-central Mississippi. There's also an eco-terrorist on the loose, bent on teaching hard lessons to people who think the Earth and its creatures are theirs to destroy--P. [4] of cover.; A novel--Cover.; A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1998 and a mass-market edition in 1999 by Avon Books--T.p. verso. Review Quotes: ..". laugh-out-loud funny... Fitzhugh melds deadly seriousness and satire to keep the customer satisfied."--CNN.comPublisher Marketing: Bill Fitzhugh strikes again! Following his widely acclaimed debut novel, Pest Control (The [London] Times called it "one of the funniest, most off-beat thrillers in years"), Fitzhugh turns his satirical eye to the merging of medical science and big business -- with hilarious and outrageous results. Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process. Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his medical condition. That brings him and his fortune to the wild frontier of biotechnology, where his people are illegally experimenting with cross-species organ transplantation in California while breeding genetically altered primates at a secret site in the piney woods of south-central Mississippi. There's also an eco-terrorist on the loose, bent on teaching hard lessons to people who think the Earth and its creatures are theirs to destroy. These forces, together with fifty thousand extra-large chacma baboons, collide in an explosion of laughter and wonder that Bill Fitzhugh's growing league of admirers is coming to recognize as his very own. Review Citations:

Ingram Paperback Advance 09/01/1999 pg. 22 (EAN 9780380798353, Mass Market Paperbound)

Publishers Weekly 07/27/1998 pg. 54 (EAN 9780380976515, Hardcover)

Library Journal 08/01/1998 pg. 130 (EAN 9780380976515, Hardcover)

Booklist 08/01/1998 pg. 1975 (EAN 9780380976515, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Fitzhugh, Bill Bill Fitzhugh is the author of seven novels. He still has all of his original organs and plans to keep it that way until the very end, at which point he is willing to let the doctors divvy them up among anyone (with the exception of politicians) who might need them. However, he makes no promises about the quality of his liver. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and all of her organs.