Title: Lacking in focus, but containing a few entertaining sidebars
Product review: It's a vast topic and one the author never quite manages to wrestle into submission. "Poisons" rambles all over time, space and varying poisons, often all within a single paragraph. For the most part, it's a frustrating read. The main problem is the author begins a topic and then digresses freely without ever truly completing his thoughts on either the main topic or his numerous sidebars.However, the book does have its moments. Those which come to mind are the gruesome end of George Washington and the discussion of whether the Black Death was actually bubonic plague or simply ergot contaminated rye. Essentially, the author presents a collection of anecdotes interspersed with a few facts and his own commentary. Sadly he can not refrain from injecting the poison of personal politics into the mix. Let all ye evil capitalists beware...
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