The author has many media connectionsOver 200 billion aspirin pills are taken worldwide each year
Diarmuid Jeffreys is a writer, journalist and television producer who has made current affairs and documentary programmes for the BBC, Channel 4 and others, including Newsnight and the Money Programme. He is also the author of The Bureau: Inside the Modern FBI. He lives with his wife and children near Lewes in East Sussex.
‘Fascinating ... Aspirin appears to be one of the most useful drugs
ever discovered. Thanks to the work of all the scientists so
deservedly recalled in this books, it is also extremely cheap: in
fact no drug is cheaper. Perhaps there is something in the notion
of providence after all'
*Anthony Daniels, Sunday Telegraph*
‘This biography of aspirin has some cracking factoids'
*Scotland on Sunday*
‘An enthralling read ... fascinating ... the author pieces the
jigsaw together in thriller style'
*David O’Donoghue, Sunday Business Post*
‘He tells a story which blends politics, big business, social and
medical history, greed, incredible dedication and human folly in a
lively page-turner read'
*Irish Times*
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