Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Narwhal and Jelly

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Narwhal and JellyThe irresistible, ever curious, and always best selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. Americas funniest science writer (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in

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the pages become the path

finding the balance between life's routine and the desire for something new

A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale

and embarks on one last project: to determine the identity of the documents' scribe

Jane Mount

after she has died

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and he soon discovers the murders are linked

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and so what she wants to know