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From his Cornish boyhood, Rory recounts his life of birdwatching, observing his first skylark while stoned; his repeatedly failed attempts to get up at the crack of dawn like the real twitchers; and his flawed bid to educate his mate Danny in the ways of birding. Rory's tale is a thoroughly educational, occasionally lyrical and highly amusing romp through the hidden byways of birdwatching.
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"'Funny and surprisingly moving.' GRIFF RHYS JONES 'A gentle, warming, nostalgic and gag-ridden memoir...' THE DAILY MAIL 'Lyrical and beautiful.' THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Once I'd got used to his voice - I don't watch much television and was not therefore aware that McGrath's laddish nasal delivery is famous (from countless comedy panel shows) - I warmed to this mish-mash of a book, part soppy autobiographical love story, part twitcher's manual, part poor man's Tom Sharpe memoirs about his undergraduate days at Cambridge. Copying pictures in The Observer Book of Birds as a small boy got him started; falling for a pretty girl in the natural history section of the university bookshop with a passion for warblers fuelled the flame. If you like endless double entendres about shags and tits you'll find it hilarious.' SUE ARNOLD, THE GUARDIAN"
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