![]() ![]() Climate change, for instance, makes only two appearances in the book, although nearly every problem she catalogues will be exacerbated by increasing instability in the relationships between humans, plants and animals. ![]() a similar nearsightedness keeps the lens trained on individual characters while sometimes overlooking systemic problems. Below the clever surface of her prose runs a preoccupation with human occupations. The effect is one of hapless relatability: author as bumbling travel companion, or as court jester, expertly capering to disguise her expertise. There’s a wacky genius to these interjections, frequently made at her own expense and often amid some particularly gory set-dressing. Some nonfiction writers like to blend into the background, like game hunters in a blind, waiting for their subjects to produce the perfect quote Roach is just as likely to stumble into the frame to deliver one of her own. a quixotic and somewhat meandering journey of a book, but one powerfully propelled by the force of Roach’s unflinching fascination with the weird, the gross and the downright improbable. ![]()
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