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The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker
A man follows peregrine falcons across the Essex marshes for a winter until he almost becomes one. Strange, intense, among the greatest nature books.
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you want prose that changes how you see.
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Skip it if…
you want facts about falcons.
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Three things you will actually use
- Obsessive attention transforms.
- Disappear into the watching.
- Language can be a hawk.
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Baker's falcons.
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