The Last Adam

by James Gould Cozzens

After a typhoid epidemic breaks out in New Winton, Connecticut, the reputation of the town doctor and health officer, Dr. Bull, is brought into question under suspicions of incompetence and negligence.

Genres: Fiction

301 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1933

About the author

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Guard of Honor in 1949

Reviews

[Arthur Pierce · Rating 3 out of 5]

A kind of an odd book, that tells a compelling story. One might think that, having been the basis for the Will Rogers movie, DR. BULL (directed by John Ford), that it would be a "nice" book, but it really isn't, despite the well-drawn portrait of small town life that it offers. Nor is the hero an entirely heroic or even sympathetic character, he's just ordinary, with all the faults one might encounter in anybody. There were times I found this novel to be positively gripping, only to find that it would let my interest slip in the next section. I would almost wish that it had been more conventional in the way it told its story, but that is not this author's style. Whatever the case, THE LAST ADAM is not a novel I am going to soon forget.

[Kenneth Everhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

based on a true story is it actually took place in Phelps New York to Maine Winton was the old place but it has to do with the changing of lifestyles from one eccentric to another. In a time before time and talks of snowstorm and 1860s the salt trucks are out plowing the roads the car lineups of the year percolators cars surgeons it talks about operators it talks about headgear I mentioned my grandmother that was still alive couple years ago 150 years prior it talks about Kyle Salisbury who still has those two houses one by the midlakes high School. But it's a sainsbury but if you look into the Phelps records is the same person. Also all of my family's mention there to how I'd write you as they sure got you doctrine

[Sara Laor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very few authors capture human emotions so clearly and evocatively.