Side Effects

by Harvey Jacobs

Vonnegut + Catch-22In the last hours of his hectic life, Simon Apple faces up to the hard truth that his very survival represents a prescription for disaster, not only for the pharmaceutical industry but for the nation itself!How Simon is transformed from an innocent, loving child in a small midwestern city into Public Enemy Number One by a series of dizzying Side Effects makes for an unforgettable medical misadventure in an age when a new miracle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542641535
• ISBN13: 9781542641531
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A prescription for entertainment.

As much as I'd like to give this five stars, I can't. It took way, way too long to finish this book. Not because it was difficult to read, or because is was long, or even because it wasn't well written. It just never called to me like most books, I could put it down and not pick it up for a couple days and do that over and over. Most books that are this funny and entertaining I can't read fast enough. However, this one, for some reason didn't have that attraction. It was unique to say the least and the author has some wild imagination. I don't think any adult can go wrong choosing to read this.

Positive Side Effects!

What a delicious book!I felt like I had been given a 20 pound box of Godiva chocolates...consume slowly, and appreciate. Mr. Jacobs has a unique sense of humor that is both dark and hopeful...please read....a conaisseur's delight!

"A great comic novel"-Kirkus Reviews

The first review of Side Effects in the higly respected Kirkus Review called this novel "truly original--a great comic novel" comparing the author's work with Heller, Vonnegut, Elkin, etc. It is a free-swinging swipe at the RX industry, its centerpiece being Simon Apple on the last day of his life, ready to sacrifice himself for the good of the nation's economy. Publication date is late February and already this novel is creating traction not only in the USA but overseas! By the author of American Goliath, My Rose & My Glove, Beautiful Soup, etc. -Estelle Rose