Here’s what Milton Friedman said about Gen LaGreca’s first novel, Nobel Vision: “The defects of government-controlled medicine are dramatized effectively in this page-turning story of the love of a brilliant physician for a beautiful ballerina who becomes his patient.”

As we so often do, we agree with Milton. The novel is effective as a novel, but substantially more than effective as a polemic against government-run health care. It’s not surprising to us that the novel has grown popular amongst Ayn Rand’s devotees, but we think that it deserves a second reading in light of the health care debate and the leftward sprint the Obama administration has chosen to take.

We also recommend it because, despite the fact that it is intensely idealogical and pro-liberty, we believe that the novel can be enjoyed by younger, more liberal readers. This is because in pairing its opposition to socialized medicine with a tale of unconventional love, it argues for liberty for liberty without relying on deference for tradition. In other words, the novel is just the type of thing to donate to your local library or share with your more confused friends.

LaGreca has advanced degrees in both philosophy and Chemisty, but it is creative writing that seems to be her calling. Since publication of Nobel Vision, she has accelerated her efforts to mainstream her vision by writing pro-liberty op-ed pieces for large circulation newspapers and we look forward to reading Freedom’s Calling, her unpublished second novel to see if she continues to develop into one of the liberty movement’s most promising writers.

Here’s a link to the softcover edition of LaGreca’s book on Amazon: