Any book that contains the phrase “rolling global-scale orgy of bacteriophage sex” will grab my attention, but then again, I am a bacteriophage enthusiast. To be honest, I’m really only an amateur and this book is primarily for the professional enthusiast, and at $120, it is likely to be read only by those who work with bacteriophages regularly. This is a shame, as it contains some fascinating material. Did you know, for instance, that, with a total population estimated at any one time to be 10³¹, phages are the most numerous organisms on the planet? I didn’t know until I read this book. Another amazing fact that had me firing off emails to my long-suffering colleagues was …