![]() ![]() Roach drops in on a varied cast of experts: a monkey catcher in Delhi, a pope-appointed bioethicist, a cougar tracker, with visits to the Vatican, a tea plantation in India, a casino complex in Reno, Nev. The book doesn’t come off as comprehensive, but it does make for an idiosyncratic tour with Roach as the wisecracking, ever-probing guide.Įxamining our sometimes fraught meetings with nature, “Fuzz” includes chapters on the kinds of big, imposing animals readers might expect - bears, mountain lions, leopards, elephants - but also some surprising choices, like killer trees falling on people, “terror beans,” and mice and rats. This allows her to explore spots around the world or dive into the archives - wherever her curiosity takes her. ![]() Especially when the “law” Roach invokes is that of human-made rules applied to nonhumans. ![]() The book’s subtitle, “When Nature Breaks the Law,” is a stretchy enough concept to cover a variety of situations. In “Fuzz,” her latest, the subject is the tricky terrain where humans and wildlife overlap and often collide. The author Mary Roach made her reputation for witty, quirky and sometimes gross science writing in a series of snappily titled books: “Stiff” (about dead people), “Gulp” (the digestive tract) and “Bonk” (sex), to name a few. FUZZ When Nature Breaks the Law By Mary Roach ![]()
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