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2700669Sweetness #9https://www.gandhi.com.mx/sweetness--9-9780316278768/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3088239/9080ae89-ee73-4a4d-9869-2b80b2abd2d9.jpg?v=638384864644330000185205MXNLittle, Brown and CompanyInStock/Ebooks/<p>Its 1973, and David Leveraux has landed his dream job as a Flavorist-in-Training, working in the secretive industry where chemists create the flavors for everything from the cherry in your can of soda to the butter on your popcorn. While testing a new artificial sweetener -- "Sweetness #9" -- he notices unusual side-effects in the laboratory rats and monkeys: anxiety, obesity, mutism, and a generalized dissatisfaction with life. David tries to blow the whistle, but he swallows it instead.</p><p>Years later, <em>Sweetness #9</em> is Americas most popular sweetener -- and Davids family is changing. His wife is gaining weight, his son has stopped using verbs, and his daughter suffers from a generalized dissatisfaction with life. Is Sweetness #9 to blame, along with Davids failure to stop it? Or are these just symptoms of the American condition?</p><p>Davids search for an answer unfolds in this expansive novel that is at once a comic satire, a family story, and a profound exploration of our deepest cultural anxieties. Wickedly funny and wildly imaginative, <em>Sweetness #9</em> questions whether what we eat truly makes us who we are.</p>...2636620Sweetness #9185205https://www.gandhi.com.mx/sweetness--9-9780316278768/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3088239/9080ae89-ee73-4a4d-9869-2b80b2abd2d9.jpg?v=638384864644330000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780316278768_W3siaWQiOiJkMDAzNDg2Ny04ZmI3LTQzMzEtOWZhMy0yNDZjYTRlMTEzYzkiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIwMCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjIwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4MCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780316278768_<p>Its 1973, and David Leveraux has landed his dream job as a Flavorist-in-Training, working in the secretive industry where chemists create the flavors for everything from the cherry in your can of soda to the butter on your popcorn. While testing a new artificial sweetener -- Sweetness #9 -- he notices unusual side-effects in the laboratory rats and monkeys: anxiety, obesity, mutism, and a generalized dissatisfaction with life. David tries to blow the whistle, but he swallows it instead.</p><p>Years later, <em>Sweetness #9</em> is Americas most popular sweetener -- and Davids family is changing. His wife is gaining weight, his son has stopped using verbs, and his daughter suffers from a generalized dissatisfaction with life. Is Sweetness #9 to blame, along with Davids failure to stop it? Or are these just symptoms of the American condition?</p><p>Davids search for an answer unfolds in this expansive novel that is at once a comic satire, a family story, and a profound exploration of our deepest cultural anxieties. Wickedly funny and wildly imaginative, <em>Sweetness #9</em> questions whether what we eat truly makes us who we are.</p>...(*_*)9780316278768_<p>Its 1973, and David Leveraux has landed his dream job as a Flavorist-in-Training, working in the secretive industry where chemists create the flavors for everything from the cherry in your can of soda to the butter on your popcorn. While testing a new artificial sweetener -- "Sweetness #9" -- he notices unusual side-effects in the laboratory rats and monkeys: anxiety, obesity, mutism, and a generalized dissatisfaction with life. David tries to blow the whistle, but he swallows it instead.</p><p>Years later, <em>Sweetness #9</em> is Americas most popular sweetener -- and Davids family is changing. His wife is gaining weight, his son has stopped using verbs, and his daughter suffers from a generalized dissatisfaction with life. Is Sweetness #9 to blame, along with Davids failure to stop it? Or are these just symptoms of the American condition?</p><p>Davids search for an answer unfolds in this expansive novel that is at once a comic satire, a family story, and a profound exploration of our deepest cultural anxieties. Wickedly funny and wildly imaginative, <em>Sweetness #9</em> questions whether what we eat truly makes us who we are.</p>...9780316278768_Little, Brown and Companylibro_electonico_c4785f1f-61cd-32d2-ae03-34b20bda516c_9780316278768;9780316278768_9780316278768Stephan EirikInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-7318d401-f838-4f04-940d-81e33dab2387.epub2014-08-19T00:00:00+00:00Little, Brown and Company