Arrowsmith: Sinclair Lewis

Review by Kamakshi BalasubramanianPublished by Signet, 1925, 272 pages. Sinclair Lewis’s Arrowsmith (1924) depicts the prevalence of corruption and unethical practices in the pharmaceutical industry. Lewis’s protagonist, Martin Arrowsmith, doctor and researcher, armed with idealism and intelligence, fights the often hopeless but necessary good fight, guided by science, his extraordinary mentor, and the love of his …

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