| Gain | |
| Author: | Richard Powers |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
| Pub Date: | 1998 |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 355 p. |
| Isbn: | 9780374159962 |
| Oclc: | 231971293 |
Gain is a novel by Richard Powers published by in 1998. It tells the stories of Clare International, a chemical conglomerate with origins in soap manufacturing in the early 18th century, and Laura Bodey, a 42-year-old divorcée living near Clare International's headquarters who develops ovarian cancer. It won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1999.