num_pages: 496
description: An account Dr John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of the cornflake and peanut butter; his profligate, degenerate and opportunistic son; and the birth of America's first health fanatics. T. Correghessan Boyle is the author of "Water Music", "Budding Prospects" and "The Tortilla Curtain".
language: English
title: The Road to Wellville : A Comedy of the Heart and Other Organs
titlecomplete: The Road to Wellville : A Comedy of the Heart and Other Organs
characters: Will Lightbody, Charlie Ossining, Dr John Harvey Kellogg, Eleanor Lightbody, Goodloe H. Bender, George Kellogg
genres: Historical, The United States Of America, Humor, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Health, Fiction
ratings_count: 6472
places: Michigan, Battle Creek, Michigan
publisher: Granta Books