Drug-Induced Liver Disease: Edited by N Kaplowitz, L D DeLeve. New York: Marcel Decker, 2003, pound195.00, pp 773. ISBN 0-8247-0811-3

On the face of it, this hardback does not sound like a very good bedtime read and splashing out £195 might seem a little extravagant for what might appear to be some dry tome that would readily gather dust on a shelf. It was therefore with some trepidation that I received this ostensibly uninviting 773 page beige and green covered book, and turning the pages quickly, the casual reader might still be deceived into casting it into the nether regions of a desk drawer or the dimmer corners of an office. However, I am pleased to say that these were all poorly grounded misapprehensions, because this is an …