anchor: Mixed reviews for the latest from the hyperintellectual author of The Gold Bug Variations . Powers tries to shed his reputation as inaccessibly scholarly by writing a straightforward novel about a soap company and an employee who gets ovarian cancer.
positive: The author of The Gold Bug variations received mixed reviews, he tried to shed light  his reputation by writing a novel about a soap company and a worker who is diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
negative: Powers cares not about his reputation.