“Hilarious! With Fuzz, Mary Roach again takes us into an unfamiliar scientific realm, in this case the Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of I Contain Multitudes Learning to co-exist in a world that they must now share.” With a sense of moral urgency, as she recounts stories of humans and other animals, uneasily and clumsily In Fuzz, Roach’s peerless storytelling skills are paired “Reading a Mary Roach book is like spending a luxurious and joyful evening with the perfect dinner guest.ĭelightful facts become indelibly etched in your brain, and only later do you realize that hours have passedĪnd your face slightly hurts from smiling too hard. Roach will change the way you think about the great outdoors. Her approach is informative and unpretentious, and she’sĪlways armed with a dry sense of humor. “Full of kernels of fascinating information. Historically niche topic for a broader audience.” refreshing addition to the nonfiction science genre, illuminating a Roach usesįootnotes to add both depth and lightness to the topic at hand by capturing misfit studies, asides,Īnd hilarious tangents. “Each chapter is packed with the results of detailed investigations. “An idiosyncratic tour with Roach as the wisecracking, ever-probing guide.” curious and generous engagement with her subjects makes for world-expanding “ powerfully propelled by the force of Roach’s unflinching fascination with the weird,
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