Of Gilded Anatomy - The Taint of Midas book title review

Here's a book I found today. I took it down because not a single copy has been sold in months. And here's my supposition as to why:

"The Taint of Midas."

What the hell is the taint of Midas? I've heard of the hand of Midas, which turned quite literally every relatively dense object of mass it touched into gold, but how do you get a taint of-

… Never mind.