A Heart-Shaped History: How Our Most Essential Organ Became a Saccharine Commodity

Iain Gately is the author most recently of Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol. Raised in Hong Kong, he studied law at Cambridge University and worked in the financial markets of London, where he currently lives. For more anti-Valentine's sentiment, take a look through the infamous Lapham's Quarterly Eros issue.

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