{"product_id":"the-tao-of-poison-isham-cook-9781732277472","title":"The Tao of Poison","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poisonous maiden, a Daoist sex cult, and a violent insurgency.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolyandry-one or more males moving in and sharing the wife's bed with her husband's consent in exchange for money or labor-was common among the impoverished in Imperial China, though illegal, and the polyandrous Yan family in rural Shaanxi Province take in two carpenter brothers. When one brother is convicted of murder after killing their neighbor in a dispute, a constable threatens to expose the family's rumored polyandry and extorts sex from their beautiful 17-year-old daughter, Qiezi. She happens to be addicted to the psychoactive, poisonous datura flower, and the toxins in her system are fatal to the constable. Now on the run as a murder suspect, Qiezi leaves a trail of sexual carnage wherever she goes. But a larger cataclysm awaits her when she gets caught up in the White Lotus Rebellion (1796-1804), which caused the deaths of 200,000 rebels, government troops, and civilians. Picaresque action, dark humor, and irony unfold in this visceral and cinematic novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isham Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732277478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732277472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Isham Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/27\/2025","brand":"Isham Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47580074017023,"sku":"9781732277472","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23c04218-a488-4bb5-9365-8e71e6e62625.jpg?v=1763878614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tao-of-poison-isham-cook-9781732277472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}