The weak hydrogen bond in structural chemistry and biology. By Gautam R Desiraju and Thomas Steiner. Pp. xiv + 507. New York: Oxford University Press/International Union of Crystallography, 2001. Price US$55.00. ISBN 0 19 850970 7 (paper).

This is a paperback reprint of this book originally reviewed in this journal by the late Professor G. A. Jeffrey [Acta Cryst. (2000). B56, 333–334 ].