[PW] Re: Medical condition in Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's "The Palace".

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting FERGUSON Timothy <TFERGUSON at goldcoast.qld.gov.au>:

> Thanks for the answers so far, but but it appears I was unclear.
>
> I'm looking for the condition that the author is trying to describe
> in her version / theory of Lorenzo's death, rather than an evidenced
> explanation of the death of the real man.  Is there a condition that
> makes blood smell like apricots?


Chantarelle mushrooms have a distinct apricot odor, although I don't 
think that that fragrance would transfer to the blood. Could she be 
suggesting an unusual allergy or a meal of undercooked mushrooms as 
Lorenzo's c. o. d.?

John Dyson