Gail Bell (1) (1950–)
Author of The Poison Principle: A Memoir of Family Secrets and Literary Poisonings
For other authors named Gail Bell, see the disambiguation page.
Works by Gail Bell
The Poison Principle: A Memoir of Family Secrets and Literary Poisonings (2001) 181 copies, 5 reviews
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- Birthdate
- 1950
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- pharmacist
essayist
memoirist
non-fiction author - Nationality
- Australia
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Associated Place (for map)
- New South Wales, Australia
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Reviews
Found this book a bit incoherent: the author jumped around with anecdotes and famous poisonings in history while unfortunately allowing the thread of interest held by the mysterious deaths of her two uncles (as children) to weaken. It was only that I'd made it through 90% of the book that I thought I might as well finish it. This could have been a very interesting book, given the material, but it wasn't particularly well written or engaging.
This is a fabulous read, literary and an education in poisoning as author searches and investigates an old murder in her own family. Being a chemist she solves the mystery. Pan pb 2003, earlier pub by MacMillan in hc 2002
(one of 24 books found today at 2nd hand shop...24 for $10!)
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- Works
- 3
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 219
- Popularity
- #102,098
- Rating
- 3.2
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 25