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Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.10cm
Weight: 0.252kg
ISBN: 9780393881721
ISBN 10: 0393881725
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 07 September 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating. -- Susan Adams - Forbes Roach writes in an insouciant style and displays her metier in tangents about bizarre incidents in pathological history. Death may have the last laugh, but, in the meantime, Roach finds merriment in the macabre. -- Gilbert Taylor - Booklist Mary Roach is one of an endangered species: a science writer with a sense of humor. She is able to make macabre funny without looting death of its dignity. -- Brian Richard Boylan - Denver Post Roach is authoritative, endlessly curious and drolly funny. Her research is scrupulous and winningly presented. -- Adam Woog - Seattle Times As weird as the book gets, Roach manages to convey a sense of respect and appreciation for her subjects. -- Roy Rivenburg - Los Angeles Times A laugh-out-loud funny book... one of those wonderful books that offers up enlightenment in the guise of entertainment. -- Michael Little - Washington City Paper This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession.... You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is. -- Tara Parker-Pope - Wall Street Journal
This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession.... You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is. -- Tara Parker-Pope - Wall Street Journal A laugh-out-loud funny book... one of those wonderful books that offers up enlightenment in the guise of entertainment. -- Michael Little - Washington City Paper As weird as the book gets, Roach manages to convey a sense of respect and appreciation for her subjects. -- Roy Rivenburg - Los Angeles Times Roach is authoritative, endlessly curious and drolly funny. Her research is scrupulous and winningly presented. -- Adam Woog - Seattle Times Mary Roach is one of an endangered species: a science writer with a sense of humor. She is able to make macabre funny without looting death of its dignity. -- Brian Richard Boylan - Denver Post Roach writes in an insouciant style and displays her metier in tangents about bizarre incidents in pathological history. Death may have the last laugh, but, in the meantime, Roach finds merriment in the macabre. -- Gilbert Taylor - Booklist Acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating. -- Susan Adams - Forbes
Author Information
Mary Roach is the author of five best-selling works of nonfiction, including Grunt, Stiff, and, most recently, Fuzz. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She lives in Oakland, California.
