BIOGRAPHY
Maverick herpetologist Dr. Joe Slowinski handled lethal snakes with his bare hands, wrangled for fame in documentaries and, at 38, made a fatal error: reaching into a bag while leading an expedition in Burma, he was bitten by a deadly krait snake. With skies too rainy for a helicopter rescue, Slowinski slowly succumbed to the brutal venom. A remarkable tribute and a you-are-there look at the world of herpetologists, Charmer is a hypnotic read.
