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Be Young Again

Murray Leinster

Be Young Again

Be Young Again

Murray Leinster

Vachti is old, rich, and utterly sick of con artists. He's fallen for every pitch in the book, from swamp Florida land to perpetual motion machines. So when Professor Barr shows up with his guaranteed Elixir of Youth, Vachti doesn't even blink. He's heard it all. But this time, impossibly, Barr actually has the real thing, and now he has to figure out what happens when the scam becomes indistinguishable from the miracle. Murray Leinster's 1934 gem is a gleeful skewering of the grifter's trade, where the oldest trick in the book finally meets something that can't be faked. Sharp, fast, and surprisingly warm.

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Just about every confidence gag had been tried on old Vachti, except the Elixir of Youth. Only this was different—Profes...

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