A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity-these are the elements of Aldous Huxley\'s caustic and entertaining satire on man\'s desire to live indefinitely.
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Huxley\'s Hollywood novel, and you might expect it to be fantastic, extravagant, crazy and preposterous. "This is Mr.
With his customary wit and intellectual sophistication, Huxley pursues his characters in their quest for the eternal, finishing on a note of horror.
A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity-these are the elements of Aldous Huxley\'s caustic and entertaining satire on man\'s desire to live indefinitely