About the Author

Rebecca Stott is Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, and is the author and co-author of many books including The Fabrication of the Late Victorian Femme Fatale (1992), Darwin and the Barnacle (2003) and Theatres of Glass: The Woman who Brought the Sea to the City ( 2003).

Reviews

Her well-researched Oyster dazzles with its breadth of details and observations
*Gastronomica*

This fascinating, beautifully produced and illustrated account is based on worldwide scholarship with some pretty saucy stuff . . . Altogether, this is a succulent little book. Tuck in!
*Country Life*

[Stotts] biography of the bivalve is a worthy addition to the canon
*The Independent*

This addictive book gives the oyster its cultural, historical, scientific and nutritional due
*The Times*

The book is full of great facts, quirky stories and the obligatory - but in this case entertaining - chapter on seduction
*Delicious*

Part of Reaktion's superb animal series, Stott's book doesn't disappoint. Intelligently written and lavishly illustrated, Oyster is a feast for the eyes and mind
*Guardian*

this fascinating book will appeal to oyster lovers around the world. Try reading it with a glass of white wine or Guinness to hand.
*The Elite of Europe magazine*