Gain (novel)

{{short description|1998 novel by Richard Powers}}

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| name = Gain

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| image = GainNovel.jpg

| caption = First edition (publ. Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

| author = Richard Powers

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| publisher = Farrar, Straus & Giroux

| pub_date = 1998

| media_type = Print

| pages = 355 p.

| isbn = 9780374159962

| oclc = 231971293

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Gain ({{ISBN|0-374-15996-3}}) is a novel by Richard Powers published by in 1998. It tells the stories of Clare International, a chemical conglomerate with origins in soap manufacturing in the early 19th century, and Laura Bodey, a 42-year-old divorcée living near Clare International's headquarters who develops ovarian cancer. It won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1999.