The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It…

by Rose George

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Series (with order)

Canonical Title

Original publication date

2008

People/Characters

Important places

London sewers

India

China

Important events

Related movies

Awards and honors

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (2009.4|Science & Technology, 2009)

Epigraph

Dedication

For T D W George, for the introduction.

First words

I need the toilet.

Quotations

Last words

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Disambiguation notice

From the author's web site:

The Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste will be published in the UK by Portobello Books on September 11, 2008.

The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why it Matterswill be published in the US by Metropolitan Books on October 14, 2008.

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Mary Roach

Simon Winchester

Mike Davis