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Vital Parts

(1970)
(The third book in the Carlo Reinhart series)
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Carlo Reinhart returns in this concluding volume of Thomas Berger's Reinhart trilogy. Now 44, Carlo finds that he is an object. His wife disdains him, his son reviles him, his daughter adores him. Carlo needs more balance in his life!

To complicate matters, Bob Sweet shows up. Bob is an echo from the past, a man for whom success has become a habit. He gives Carlo a glimpse of the high life. But why this sudden interest? Can he be looking for a human guinea pig for his study of cryonics? Is Carlo going to be "put on ice?"

"It reads like a masterpiece!" (Harper's)


Genre: Literary Fiction

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