Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers

The Happiness Gene

What If You Could Isolate It, Patent It, and Sell It? Uh-Oh

By Vince Passaro
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the October 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Vince Passaro reviews Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers, a fiction novel about the discovery of a "happiness gene" -- and the mayhem that ensues.

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