Book title: The Aluminum Man
Condition: 2nd hand, all covers intact, small spine cover missing right end, normal use wear, small tear back cover top left corner, 2 book store stamps from Laguna Hills and Santa Ana, Orange County, L.A. on inside cover.
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Publisher: 1ST EDITION of Berkley Medallion Book #N2737
where Published: USA
when Printed: 1975
Special info: 172 pages

An alien stranded in the north woods gives Rudolf and Flaherty a strain of bacteria which produces aluminum, allowing them to challenge the business establishment by becoming the world's leading alumnum producers (in their back year).
Rudolf if an Ivy-league East Indian, a respected scholar, disaffected by the Americal society that has seduced him. Flaherty is a scientist, an Irishman, and an extremely diorderly alcoholic.
Action builds upon action until Rudolf destroys civilization.
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