Rebecca Stott is Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, and is the author and co-author of many books including The Fabrication of the Late Victorian Femme Fatale (1992), Darwin and the Barnacle (2003) and Theatres of Glass: The Woman who Brought the Sea to the City ( 2003).

Her well-researched Oyster dazzles with its breadth of details and observations - GastronomicaThis fascinating, beautifully produced and illustrated account is based on worldwide scholarship with some pretty saucy stuff . . . Altogether, this is a succulent little book. Tuck in! - Country Life[Stotts] biography of the bivalve is a worthy addition to the canon - The IndependentThis addictive book gives the oyster its cultural, historical, scientific and nutritional due - The TimesThe book is full of great facts, quirky stories and the obligatory - but in this case entertaining - chapter on seduction - DeliciousPart of Reaktion&#39s superb animal series, Stott&#39s book doesn&#39t disappoint. Intelligently written and lavishly illustrated, Oyster is a feast for the eyes and mind - Guardianthis fascinating book will appeal to oyster lovers around the world. Try reading it with a glass of white wine or Guinness to hand. - The Elite of Europe magazine

Rebecca Stott is Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, and is the author and co-author of many books including The Fabrication of the Late Victorian Femme Fatale (1992), Darwin and the Barnacle (2003) and Theatres of Glass: The Woman who Brought the Sea to the City ( 2003).

Her well-researched Oyster dazzles with its breadth of details and observations - GastronomicaThis fascinating, beautifully produced and illustrated account is based on worldwide scholarship with some pretty saucy stuff . . . Altogether, this is a succulent little book. Tuck in! - Country Life[Stotts] biography of the bivalve is a worthy addition to the canon - The IndependentThis addictive book gives the oyster its cultural, historical, scientific and nutritional due - The TimesThe book is full of great facts, quirky stories and the obligatory - but in this case entertaining - chapter on seduction - DeliciousPart of Reaktion&#39s superb animal series, Stott&#39s book doesn&#39t disappoint. Intelligently written and lavishly illustrated, Oyster is a feast for the eyes and mind - Guardianthis fascinating book will appeal to oyster lovers around the world. Try reading it with a glass of white wine or Guinness to hand. - The Elite of Europe magazine