'Fascinating and funny.' The Times 'Witty, illuminating and at times astonishing.' Mail on Sunday 'Far away her funniest and most sparkling book.' New York Times 'The best kind of lavatory reading.' Sunday Telegraph 'Insightful, sharp science writing that will have you snorting with laughter is Mary Roach's speciality.' New Scientist 'Roach writes clearly, with gallows humour...compelling.'Evening Standard 'Joyously funny and intrepidly smart.' Saga magazine 'A wonderful read.' Focus magazine

Mary Roach is the bestselling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlive; Bok: The curious Coupling of Science and Sex, and Packing for Mars. She has written for the Guardian, Wired, BBC Focus, GQ and Vogue and many other publications. She lives in California.