“She triumphs, wriggling out of her own verbal knots with the energy and wit of a sideshow star.”

—Boston Review

“For readers who prefer the chill of a dry martini”

—Library Journal

“A rambling, vivid imagination”

—Publisher's Weekly

Synopsis:

All of the medical, technological and psychological advances of the 20th century struggle against humankind's being made up of "mere mortals".