Here is another thoroughly distasteful yet utterly compelling book from the author of the (extended list) bestseller . In Francesca Gould sifts through the world's most unpleasant creatures, diseases, physical deformities, culinary delicacies, ritual practices, and hideous torture tactics to uncover every horrifying and stomach-turning fact under the sun. This book is full of questions you never thought to ask-and perhaps will wish you'd never had answered-including: • 'What exactly is maggot cheese' • How did anal hair help to lead to the conviction of the Great 'Train Robbers' What is the job of a 'fart catcher'? How exactly do crabs? cause such intense itching around one's private parts? • The story behind why the toilet is often referred to as fithe john? • Why you might want to steer clear of some coffee? (Hint: If poo isn't exactly your idea of appetizing . . .) is sure to delight any and all hard-core fans of the obscure, esoteric, and-last but not least-grotesque.