Gain

Richard Powers

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RANDOM HOUSE UK LTD
27 May 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction

From the bestselling author of The Overstory, a visionary novel about the failings of the American dream

'Penetrating and splendidly written... Dazzling' New York Times

In Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has cancer.

This same small town is home to Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston. Over the course of more than a century, it transforms into a powerful international corporation.

Clare & Company's stunning growth reflects America's kaleidoscopic history, yet for Laura and her family, this wild success has profound and lasting consequences.

By: Richard Powers
Imprint: RANDOM HOUSE UK LTD
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 259g
ISBN: 9781804951705
ISBN 10: 1804951706
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 27 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory and his most recent novel, Bewilderment, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Reviews for Gain

Erudite, penetrating and splendidly written ... Dazzling * New York Times * A brilliant novel * Daily Telegraph * One can only admire Powers's breadth of vision, his erudition and powers of analysis * The Times *