Philip Hoare’s is the author of several books, including ‘Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant’; ‘Noel Coward’; ‘Oscar Wilde’s Last Stand’; ‘Spike Island’; ‘England’s Lost Eden’; and ‘Leviathan, or, The Whale’, winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. He lives in Southampton.
‘As bracing as a great blustery lungful of ozone-filled air … Hoare
has wonderful, almost child-like relish for colourful stories and
incredible facts … His passionate engagement will infect you. As
you close this book, you will probably feel as ecstatic as the
author does after one of his cold morning dips.’ Rachel
Campbell-Johnston, The Times ‘A beautifully written mixture of
travelogue and essay … Hoare has invented a new genre: an elegy for
something not yet lost.’ David Evans, Independent on Sunday ‘A
passionate, wonderfully engaging book … His oceanic pursuit of the
most remarkable animals on the planet has produced two books of the
utmost interest.’ Christopher Hirst, Independent ‘Everything he
writes is remarkably interesting, and always expressed in his
singular prose, at the one and the same time both exact and
numinous … Hoare’s enthusiasms are boundless … packed full of
strange delights – perhaps a bit of a ragbag, but what rags! And
what a bag!’ Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday **** ‘A grand cabinet of
natural curiosities … The pace is exhilarating. The learning is
profound. The surprises are tumultuous and the simple love of
nature, in all its forms … is a delight.’ Jan Morris, Sunday
Telegraph ‘Ceaselessly fascinating … In flowing, liquid prose,
Hoare is drawn back and forth from story to story, place to place …
This is a magnificent book.’ Carl Wilkinson, Financial Times ‘A
profound and lyrical love affair.’ Bella Bathurst, Observer ‘Hoare
weaves together stories of magic, faith and fear, of wilderness,
destruction, mortality and nature’s often savage beauty … This is a
work where it pays to go with the flow.’
Gerard Henderson, Daily Express **** ‘Glorious stuff.’ Caspar
Henderson, Guardian ‘The pace is exhilarating. The learning is
profound’ Telegraph
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