Now out in softback, Stephen Hall’s A Commotion in the Blood fulfils his
subtitle’s promise “Life, death and the immune system”. Great catch-up stuff.
Gywnneth Jones reviewed the hardback on 9 August 1997. Published by Owl/Henry
Holt, $16.95, ISBN 0805058419
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