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Product Identifiers
PublisherOther Press, LLC
ISBN-101590516494
ISBN-139781590516492
eBay Product ID (ePID)177530291
Product Key Features
Book TitleHormone Factory
Number of Pages398 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMedical, Literary, Historical, Jewish
Publication Year2014
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorSaskia Goldschmidt
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12.1 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-045254
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"A story written with color and momentum." -- de Volkskrant "A beautiful novel about the proud tyrant De Pauw, that is based on imagination, but probably contains a lot more truth than we would like." -- Brabants Dagblad, " The Hormone Factory is a dark, fascinating exploration of man's nature set during an era of exciting scientific discovery and geopolitical turmoil." -- The Lancet "A story written with color and momentum." -- de Volkskrant "A beautiful novel about the proud tyrant De Paauw that is based on imagination, but probably contains a lot more truth than we would like." -- Brabants Dagblad
Dewey Decimal839.3137
SynopsisA disturbing story that describes how the alliance between science and capitalism can lead to disaster when the people in charge lose track of their humanity Mordechai de Paauw was the Dutch cofounder and CEO of the first pharmaceutical company to invent the contraceptive pill and hormonal treatments. Hitler's invasion of Holland and the threat he poses to the survival of De Paauw's family and the Jewish scientists working for him doesn't affect De Paauw's urge to test his treatments on his female workers and exploit them sexually. Even after the war, which he survives unscathed, De Paauw will continue his mischief until a catastrophe that he himself couldn't have imagined allows him to come to his senses long enough to tell us his story. The Hormone Factory weaves questions of scientific integrity, sibling rivalry, and sex into a narrative that is as troubling as it is thought provoking., From the throes of his death bed, Dutch pharmaceutical entrepreneur and megalomaniac Mordecai de Paauw reflects on his life as the co-founder and CEO of Farmacon: the first company to standardise and distribute the contraceptive pill worldwide. With the future of his family business threatened by Hitler's precipitous rise to power and his sexual exploitation of the factory's women soon to be exposed, he struggles to keep his vision afloat, forcing him to choose between his own misguided impulses and his ethically minded Jewish family.
LC Classification NumberPT5882.17.O65H6713
