Richard Rhode’s Deadly Feasts is written to terrify. It succeeds. Starting
out with horror—a description of preparing and eating human parts—it
goes on to consider the development of all the untreatable diseases in animals
and man that are caused by those abnormal and infectious bits of protein called
prions. The notorious BSE is one. Yet according to the book, only a handful of
us will escape: everyone eating any kind of meat, and even some vegetarians, are
at risk. The human race may be facing a ghastly doom . . . All that seems to be
left are hope and a prudent fish diet. Published by Simon and Schuster,
£24, ISBN 0684823608.
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