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Gladiator

Philip Wylie

1930160 pagesabout 2–4 hours
1930
first published
  • 1974Hyperion Press · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9780883551240
  • 1976Manor Books · 290 pages · ENG
  • 2004University of Nebraska Press · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9780803298408
  • 2015Dover Publications, Incorporated · 160 pages · ENGISBN 9780486799346
  • 2015CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 188 pages · ENGISBN 9781518865701
  • 2021Independently Published · 287 pages · ENGISBN 9798540074209
  • 1974Hyperion Press · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9780883551530
  • 2015Dover Publications · 260 pagesISBN 9780486808086

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.

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Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
Character focusSmall ensemble
ComplexityLayered

When and where

ThemesFamily
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