332 pages
English language
Published Dec. 30, 1930 by Knopf.
Gladiator
by Philip Wylie
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Scientist Abednego Danner discovers a serum which grants superpowers. He injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son is born with powers like those of Superman (created a few years later). What follows is the story of Hugo's search for his place in the world.
Subjects
- Human experimentation in medicine -- Fiction
- Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Muscle strength -- Fiction
- Loneliness -- Fiction