A novel centered on a London second-hand bookseller, tracing how obsession and poverty tighten around everyday life.

Through the life of a second-hand bookseller, the novel sketches obsession and depletion.

Ronald Ross’s autobiography follows his malaria research, the controversies surrounding the mosquito theory, and the investigative path that left a lasting mark on medical history.

It is both a record of discovery and an autobiography that traces a long struggle against disease.