RaveThe Guardian...this is a profoundly troubling book ... I found joy following McCarthy’s stories, particularly those of the futile attempts to return salmon to the Thames and the tragic loss of sparrows from London ... His personal revelations are moving, and The Moth Snowstorm left me as grief-stricken as any environmental journalist must be.
Charles Foster
RaveThe Guardian...[a] strikingly funny and profound book ... his approach also produces insight into the lifestyles – and emotions – of animals. Even trivial experiences are revealing ... His failure in trying to be a badger is magnificent, but his attempt to become an otter is hampered by his contempt for the species; and his passages about the red deer are more about his own stalking follies and an act of repentance ... Illuminating and unfailingly entertaining, this book is a tour de force of modern nature writing, and shows us how to better love the world beyond ourselves.
