Leyla Sanai

There’s no end to the wonders of the human body, says Bill Bryson

Bryson dazzles and bamboozles us with facts and figures — including that the body’s DNA, laid in one fine strand, would stretch ten billion miles, to beyond Pluto

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  • The Body: A Guide for Occupants

    Bill Bryson

    Doubleday, pp. 464, £25

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Leyla Sanai
Dr Leyla Sanai is a Persian-British writer and retired doctor who worked as a physician, intensivist, and consultant anaesthetist before developing severe scleroderma and antiphospholipid syndrome

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