Part memoir of the author’s relationship with his father and part natural and cultural history of the world’s most mysterious fish. No human has ever seen eels reproduce and we don’t understand why every member of the species breeds and dies in the Sargasso Sea, or indeed why the creature is on the verge of extinction. The book follows the eel through literature, history and marine biology to tell a story of life, loss and obsession.
The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World’s Most Enigmatic Fish
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Edition:Hardback978152903068620/08/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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