For her column at Salon.com Mary Roach has jousted, fought a bull, acted as a "pee buddy" for a man with a bashful bladder, eaten a raw fish eyeball, bowled with amputees, attempted vaginal weight lifting, smeared herself with costly bottled pheromones to test their effectiveness, wrestled alligators and sniffed armpits at a deodorant test lab. But her biggest challenge came with doing the research for her book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
I read this book a loooooooong time ago. It was hard to read it at work because my co-workers saw the cover and thought it was rather disgusting. But I was glued to it, such a fascinating read!!!
This book was awesome!! I am really into autopsies and gory stuff. I really, really enjoyed this book. It was much easier to read than some of the other forensic textbooks. I envy her - I wish I could've done the research for the book! Right up my alley.
This book was epic. Glad the old interviews still cycle up and I read this juicy nugget! Also check out another one of her books "Spook" where she researches ghosts and the history of paranormal research. Fun stuff!
Erin
SUICIDEGIRL
USA
APR 06, 2004 06:00 AM