The classic chronicle of the impact disease and plagues have had on history and society …
One can hear the devil's grandmother, adoringly watching him turning a squealing sinner on the spit, saying: "Oh, Beelzebub -- you're nothing but a great big boy!"
— Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser (Page 152)
excuse my I don't mean to be rude but what, uh,,, is this book about
@mouse
Clearly, it's a vicious, libelous attack on the noble rat.
@Photorat@photog.social I'm still two chapters away from his section on rats but based on what I've read so far (an impassioned defense of and empathy with lice) I suspect that it might surprise you
@jamiemccarthy@mastodon.social @Photorat@photog.social it's one of the all time most fun nonfiction books I've ever read, truly incapable of staying even remotely on topic
@mouse @jamiemccarthy
Sounds like my brain!
