Book Presentation - Bitter Medicine - A Top Class Thriller by Arthur Hailey

After "Hotel" "Airport" Die Bankiers" and "Hochspannung" he had to take a long break from writing because of a serious heart disease. Healthy again and full of energy he then wrote this exciting thriller "Bitter Medicine".

subject matter
The reader is told an interesting and exciting story about the pharmaceutical industry. The details are very well described, so everything is very close to reality. For example, the power struggles within a pharmaceutical company in the USA and the FDA approval procedure are very understandable. (Food and Drug Administration)
The main protagonist Celia Jordan has a strong personality, sometimes selfish and cold-blooded, who also shows feelings in certain situations. She proves elbows and uses some situations ice-cold to her advantage in this male domain. Nevertheless, she is also perceived as a very likeable and lovable person.

Info of the Ullstein Publishing House:
The great insider novel about the pharmaceutical industry - about a group of men and women at the head of a powerful pharmaceutical company who one day have to choose between personal ambition and responsibility for millions of people.

"Bitter Medicine" is as exciting as a thriller. Hailey has a talent for dramatizing events and personalizing problems, and he knows how to tell people that they think they're there." (Hannoversche General)

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