This book will, no doubt, sell well. It has a well known editor and many prominent contributors. The book has a high quality feel to it but is let down by the very poor photographic reproduction of many of the photographs taken from preoperative videos. James Davidson (chapter 12) can produce reasonable quality stills. Why can't the other contributors? Tables and figures, taken from lectures, may look great on screen, but look tacky when incorporated into text. There is clearly no “house style” since some of the chapters have attractive line drawing figures in the text. The lack of style is …