<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMchoro wa mwisho wa mwandishi wa The Gold Bug Variations unaonyesha jinsi Powers anajaribu kuondoa sifa yake ya kuwa msomi asiyeweza kufikiwa kwa kuandika riwaya ya moja kwa moja kuhusu kampuni ya sabuni na mfanyakazi anayepata kansa ya ovari.  <response>: 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. 