Bizarrism Vol. 2 [Paperback]

Bizarrism II collects further tales of high strangeness around the world. The cast includes an eccentric baroness, a murderous comic book artist, an obsessed ichthyologist, a celebrity stigmatic, a cannibalistic writer, a senile surgeon and a woman who tried to make atheism into a religion.Along the way, a light is shone on various religious cults, mysterious deaths are pondered, conspiracy theories probed and the fate of Napoleon's penis tracked. It's a lively, meticulously researched collection of tales that will amuse, appal and intrigue, and leave you marvelling at the infinite strangeness of human beings."E-gads, what a book! Bizarrism is one of those stranger-than-fiction gems that's impossible to put down." -- The Spectator"A fantastic reminder of the variety of human behavior." -- Fortean Times for The Eccentropedia