As a young man, Jan Verplaetse saw a hare suspended from a meat hook, skinned and gutted.
Blood Rush shows how, throughout history, Blood has had the capacity to intoxicate us, to the point that we lose ourselves, whether in violen.
His reaction prompted the start of a quest he undertakes in this book: to investigate our fascination with blood, the most Vital of fluids.
What struck him so forcefully at the time was not the animal itself, but the Blood gently dripping from its mouth.
As a young man, Jan Verplaetse saw a hare suspended from a meat hook, skinned and gutted