Fascinating and educational piece of entertainment
If different is your cup-a-joe, then here’s a listen for you that does a good job of redefining “different.” On the surface, the idea of a memoir totally concerned with life of an entomologist isn’t much of a lure for vacation-beach listening while one bakes in the sun. But, although one gets a thoroughly entertaining education of the life-style of bugs, there is much more to our protagonist obsessive. He spends almost as much time with his ruminations of D.H. Lawrence, human behavior and the always fascinating history of art as he does with his beloved bugs. Of special interest to him, however, is the hoverfly he pursues, making the listener wish he or she too were there. I’m sure, listeners with find, as I did, that his is a surprisingly fascinating excursion into the rarely shared world of entomology. A definite listen-to-it-again addition to anyone’s audio book library. - Odin Roark