Flash and Filigree

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Flash and Filigree is a darkly comic novel by satirist Terry Southern that skewers American culture and medical ethics through absurd, offbeat storytelling.

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instanceOf novel
revised edition
satirical novel
author Terry Southern NERFINISHED
Terry Southern NERFINISHED
authorNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat print
genre black comedy
comic fiction
satire
hasMainCharacter Dr. Frederick Eichner NERFINISHED
hasRevisedEdition Flash and Filigree (revised edition) NERFINISHED
hasSubject doctors
morality in medicine
plastic surgery
social satire
hasWorkType prose
influenced later American black comedy fiction
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
narrativeStyle absurd
offbeat
notableFor early example of Terry Southern’s satirical style
originalTitle The Finger NERFINISHED
pageCountApprox 200
publicationYear 1958
publisher Coward-McCann NERFINISHED
setting Beverly Hills NERFINISHED
California NERFINISHED
theme American culture
celebrity culture
consumerism
medical ethics
tone darkly comic

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Terry Southern wrote Flash and Filigree