THE DARWIN AWARDS II Unnatural Selection

A second volume continues the author's delightfully sadistic celebration of those who have "improved our gene pool by removing themselves from it in a sublimely idiotic fashion." We hear true stories and "urban legends" about people who have perished unintentionally through their own profoundly stupid actions. The writing is light and witty; the narrator's delivery chirpy and reminiscent of a tabloid TV voice-over. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 02]