A Cure for Cancer is a novel by British fantasy and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock,[1] first published in London 1971 by Allison and Busby. The book is part of Moorcock's long-running Jerry Cornelius series.[2]

A Cure for Cancer
Dust-jacket from the first edition.
AuthorMichael Moorcock
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJerry Cornelius
GenreLiterary Fiction
Published1971 (Allison & Busby)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages256 pp
ISBN0-85031-026-1
OCLC446616
823/.9/14
LC ClassPZ4.M8185 Cu PR6063.O59
Preceded byThe Final Programme 
Followed byThe English Assassin 

The second novel of the sequence is essentially a collage of absurdist vignettes, many of which first appeared in an eclectic range of British and American magazines.[1]

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Jerry inhabits a world at war with itself and, armed only with an occasional "vibragun" appears to fight "against history" for the freedom of "randomness" against the straitlaced conventions exemplified by his brother Frank. In the end Jerry's quest, oblique as it is, is perhaps more artistic than political.

References

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  1. ^ a b "A Cure for Cancer - Michael Moorcock". www.complete-review.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Ralph Willett - Moorcock's Achievement and Promise in the Jerry Cornelius Books". www.depauw.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

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