How Bed Bugs Took Revenge on Humans and Invaded the World
In Brooke Borel’s unbelievably terrifying Infested, the author manages to entertain and educate us about that disgusting object of collective despair — the bed bug — somehow without making us cry. Borel’s book attacks the creature from every angle with daring, agile prose, opening our eyes to its attendant urban myths, origins, literary and artistic representations, and perhaps most importantly, its revenge on the human race. In the below excerpt, Borel considers just that. … Read More
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