sinclair lewis was given a nobel prize based on this book, but it's actually embraced more by scientistsand literature people, which i find interesting and on the face of it, it's kind of straightforward. it talks about a young man who becomes a medical researcher, but before he engages in pure research, he starts -- he has a lot of like faith towards public health, private practice, a lot of aspects of medicine all of which kind reveal something about his personality, but also described by sinclair lewis and like this really wonderfully amusing, but deep sardonic-- sardonic perception of them that on one hand it seems to be mocking, but it also is very true. it's hard to describe except sinclair lewis and genius for inventing part of the american continent that didn't actually exist, but you read it it's recognizable in real and he did that for american medicine in the 1920s in a way that resonates today. aerosmith-- aerosmith talks about things like when there is a pandemic , academic break-- a breakout in a tropical island and their protagonist has to decide whether he's going to give