| Author |
Patchett, Ann |
| Year |
2011 |
| First published |
2011 |
| Publisher |
New York: HarperCollins |
| Number of pages |
368 |
| Edition |
First US hardback |
| ISBN |
9780062049803 |
| Keywords |
scientist main character, biology, medicine (biomedical research), commercial science, scientific ethics, pharmaceutical industry, female scientist |
Abstract
An employee of a pharmaceutical company dies while on a research stay in the Amazon,
and his colleague is sent to find out exactly what happened to him and the academic
research project the company had funded. The project is run by a scientist who insists
on research independence, but then gives up even reporting on her progress or the
nature of the drug she is developing in the Amazon. A beautifully written, somewhat
off-the-wall mystery and adventure story, with very serious issues of scientific ethics
and the relationship between the private and public research sectors.(Gaines FMS)
