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Toxic
Author Dan Kaszeta Price £25 Publisher Hurst
This chilling account of the history of nerve agents takes the reader back to antiquity and the poisonous Calabar bean, used in West Africa in judicial proceedings on people accused of a serious crime. Kaszeta’s grim but fascinating narrative goes beyond cataloguing the historic growth of nerve agents by warring states. He describes the effect this deadly substance can have and the connection between exposure and mental illness.