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Five Quarts
A Personal and Natural History of Blood
by Bill Hayes
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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1 (January 25 2005)
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Chapter 1: Gorgon's Blood
The first drop stains the pale, clammy flesh. It's as if the skinned potato, not my sliced finger, is bleeding. Were the cut anywhere else on my body I'd have it under the faucet by now or washed with soap, yet I persist in sucking it.


About the Author

Bill HayesBill Hayes

Bill Hayes is the author of the national bestseller Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir. His work has been published in The New York Times Magazine and Details, among other publications, and at Salon.com. He lives in San Francisco with his partner, Steve..

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