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Publishers Weekly

“Head’s language is laudatory, his tone elegiac.”

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The Wall Street Journal

“Mr Head’s gently rocking prose is dense with surprising metaphor and exquisitely descriptive phrases, the kind that make a reader double back to savor them twice.”

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Michele MagwoodSunday Times

“It is accomplished, vivid, lyrical prose that is full of wonderment.”

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Athol Fugard

“A truly enthralling book that reads like a good detective yarn. The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World is a must-read for anyone delights in birds and the magic of their flight.”