London: Reaktion Books, 2006. Octavo, black and white illustrations, bookplate, creased cover.

Reaktion Animal Series. Part of an unusual series that looks at the subject animal and its place in human history. The secrets of the fly's uniquely versatile powers of flight are only just beginning to be understood and harnessed. The twentieth century that began with worldwide campaigns for the extermination of the fly ended with the humble fruit fly at the centre of the revolution brought about by genetics. The book tracks the representation of the fly in myth, literature, poetry, film, painting, theology and biology. There are chapters on artificial flies, the demonic fly, the erotics of the fly and the fly as carrier of disease. Other titles in this animal series are available.