AFTER MANY A SUMMER

Jo stoyte is afraid of death. but stoyte is also a millionaire, and so he pours his riches into scientific research, desperate to find the secret of immortality. this ruthless quest will enmesh everyone around him in a web of greed, seduction, murder and debasement. written while he was living in california, this is huxley’s response to hollywood’s superficiality and obsession with youth, a powerful cautionary tale which employs all his customary wit and merciless insight.