Ben Goldacre writes a regular column under this title in The Guardian, which column alone justifies the existence of that newspaper. Put briefly, he is a walking bullshit-detector on constant alert for fakery, short cuts, misreporting and plain lying, mostly in the scientific area, although he will break a lance for truth in any area where he feels competent to judge. He has some regular targets, as appear in this volume, such as Dr Gillian McKeith, statistical illiteracy, homeopathy, the MMR scandal, and the (save the mark) Brain Gym. If he were just to express anger at abuses of science, the book and column would get boring, but he has a sense of humour also although it is under severe strain at times. This book should be required reading for anyone who reads popular science literature, and provides ample schadenfreude moments for the scientifically literate. At the time of writing, Amazon are offering this discounted to £3.60+p&p. Paperback 288pp; comprehensive index; notes; graphs in text.