Short Synopsis
The author of the national bestseller Fat Land presents this fascinating and, at times, hilarious journey through the strange and wondrous world of longevity science and antiaging medicine—two fields that promise to reshape human life expectancy and transform modern medicine.

Full Synopsis
What happens when you mix modern medical entrepreneurship with one of the most ancient of human desires—the desire to live forever? The answer is today's multibillion-dollar antiaging industry, which promises everything from restoring lost vitality to actually turning back the hands of time for aging boomers. But who, exactly, makes up the antiaging movement, and what do they expect from the vast and growing antiaging apothecary? Who is simply manufacturing money from spurious claims and dubious products, and who is performing legitimate scientific research? One thing is clear: by the mid-twenty-first century, America will have one million centenarians. How much older, then, can (and should) we get?

Sharp, funny, fast-paced, and deeply informed, Eternity Soup is a full-course meal about our quest for immortality, spiced with human vanity, chicanery, and cutting-edge science.

"A light and critical eye makes this excursion into front-end science an entertaining, enlightening trek." ---Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"Critser's ribald tone makes for vivid reading and easy comprehension." ---Library Journal

"Synnestvedt gives a lively reading, mixing excitement over the new developments with amusement at the absurd excesses of the anti-aging industry." ---AudioFile

Publishers Weekly Review